CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-4537
7.8 HIGH
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- 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-20
Description
drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.32.3)
• debian debian linux 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/ Third Party Advisory
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38031 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38610 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39742 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023419 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html Third Party Advisory
- http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/ Third Party Advisory
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38031 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38610 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39742 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023419 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443 Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439 Third Party Advisory
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html Third Party Advisory