CVE-2010-0741 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the virtio-net driver within the Linux kernel (before 2.6.26), specifically when used with qemu-kvm 0.11.0 or KVM 83. This flaw, related to an improper TCP Segment Offloading (TSO) implementation, allows remote attackers to crash a guest OS and its associated qemu-kvm process by sending a large volume of network traffic to a TCP port on the guest. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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