CVE - CVE-2009-0778

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0778	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak."
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1021958 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021958 MISC:20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded MISC:33758 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 MISC:34084 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34084 MISC:37471 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 MISC:ADV-2009-3316 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2009:0326 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html MISC:[oss-security] 20090311 CVE-2009-0778 kernel: rt_cache leak URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/2 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25 MISC:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html URL:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163 MISC:linux-kernel-rtcache-dos(49199) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49199 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10215 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10215 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7867 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7867
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20090303	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20090303)
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