SB2009091601 - Memory leak in Linux kernel
Published: September 16, 2009 Updated: May 31, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009091601
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2903)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak when handling IP tunnelled over DDP datagrams. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36707
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414