CVE-2010-4161 in Enterprise Linuxinfo

Summary

The udp_queue_rcv_skb function in net/ipv4/udp.c in a certain Red Hat build of the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) by sending UDP traffic to a socket that has a crafted socket filter, a related issue to CVE-2010-4158.

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Reservation

11/04/2010

Disclosure

12/30/2010

Status

Confirmed

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