7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4251
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4251
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4251
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1203-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1204-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1208-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1216-1
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1218-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4251
7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.022 Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.4%