CVE-2010-4161
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The udp_queue_rcv_skb function in net/ipv4/udp.c in a certain Red Hat build of the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) by sending UDP traffic to a socket that has a crafted socket filter, a related issue to CVE-2010-4158.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4137)
- Published
- December 30, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-4137 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514845(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg146404.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651698(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=652534(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64497
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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