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cvelistRedhatCVELIST:CVE-2010-4251
HistoryMay 26, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.

CVE-2010-4251

2011-05-2616:00:00
redhat
www.cve.org
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7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.022 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.4%

The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending a large amount of network traffic, as demonstrated by netperf UDP tests.

7 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.022 Low

EPSS

Percentile

89.4%