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CVE ID: CVE-2010-4805

Description: The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large amount of network traffic, related to the sk_add_backlog function and the sk_rmem_alloc socket field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4251.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4805
BugTraq ID: 46637
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread

CVE ID:	CVE-2010-4805
Description:	The socket implementation in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not properly manage a backlog of received packets, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a large amount of network traffic, related to the sk_add_backlog function and the sk_rmem_alloc socket field. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-4251.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-4805 BugTraq ID: 46637 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46637 http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/3/3/6271093/thread