CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Linux. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2010-4251
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.89%
Linux
Original NVD 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.