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CVE-2010-4251

Published: 26 May 2011

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Alex Shi and Eric Dumazet discovered that the network stack did not correctly handle packet backlogs. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a large amount of network traffic to cause the system to run out of memory, leading to a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life, was deferred)
lucid
Released (2.6.32-34.73)
maverick Not vulnerable
(2.6.35-1.1)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.37-2.9)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.6.39-0.0)
precise Not vulnerable
(3.1.0-1.1)
quantal Not vulnerable
(2.6.39-0.0)
raring Not vulnerable
(2.6.39-0.0)
upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=8eae939f1400326b06d0c9afe53d2a484a326871
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6b03a53a5ab7ccf2d5d69f96cf1c739c4d2a8fb9
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=55349790d7cbf0d381873a7ece1dcafcffd4aaa9
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=79545b681961d7001c1f4c3eb9ffb87bed4485db
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=50b1a782f845140f4138f14a1ce8a4a6dd0cc82f
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=53eecb1be5ae499d399d2923933937a9ea1a284f
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=2499849ee8f513e795b9f2c19a42d6356e4943a4
upstream: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a3a858ff18a72a8d388e31ab0d98f7e944841a62
linux-armadaxp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Not vulnerable
(3.2.0-1600.1)
quantal Not vulnerable
(3.2.0-1602.5)
raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-ec2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.32-318.37)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-fsl-imx51
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.31-610.27)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-maverick
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable
(2.6.35-1.1~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-natty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1.27~lucid1)
maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-lts-backport-oneiric
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-lts-quantal
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Not vulnerable

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-lts-raring
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Not vulnerable

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-mvl-dove
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

lucid
Released (2.6.32-218.35)
maverick
Released (2.6.32-418.35)
natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-source-2.6.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

quantal Does not exist

raring Does not exist

upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)
linux-ti-omap4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

lucid Does not exist

maverick Not vulnerable
(2.6.35-903.8)
natty Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1201.2)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1309.13)
precise Not vulnerable
(3.0.0-1401.2)
quantal Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1309.13)
raring Not vulnerable
(2.6.38-1309.13)
upstream
Released (2.6.34~rc2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H