Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2009-2903
Published: September 16, 2009 / Updated: May 31, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU90499
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2903
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2009-2903
Install update from vendor's website.
External 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