CVE-2010-4161 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in a specific Red Hat build of the Linux kernel 2.6.18, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. An attacker can exploit this by sending crafted UDP traffic to a socket with a specially designed filter, leading to a system deadlock and hang. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, but a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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