Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:2.6.32-71.31.1.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.5% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-1427760
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Nov 2010

Introduced: 25 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:2.6.32-71.31.1.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:0883.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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