SB2009120907 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel ipv4
Published: December 9, 2009
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009120907
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) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1298)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the printk() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=bbf31bf18d34caa87dd01f08bf713635593697f2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38017
- http://twitter.com/spendergrsec/statuses/6339560349
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0161
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.32
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://www.osvdb.org/60788
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508517/100/0/threaded
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/11/linux_kernel_bugs_patched/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-869-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=544144
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00453.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00496.html