CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-4536

7.8 HIGH Published 2010-01-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-01-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-189

Description

drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a large packet with a crafted payload. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1385.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.32.3) • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References