CVE

Id
46835  
CVE No.
CVE-2010-4251  
Status
Candidate  
Description
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20101116)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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