SB2009101902 - Resource management errors in Linux kernel
Published: October 19, 2009 Updated: June 20, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009101902
Severity
Low
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) Resource management errors (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-3613)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management errors error. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.22
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125561712529352&w=2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529137
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36706
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9468
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1548.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1540.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1671.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-864-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38834
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000082.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38794
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0528
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7377
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10209
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97d477a914b146e7e6722ded21afa79886ae8ccd
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a866bbf6aacf95f849810079442a20be118ce905