CVE - CVE-2009-2903

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2903	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x through 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.31, when the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded but the ipddp"N" device is not found, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via IP-DDP datagrams.
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:36379 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379 MISC:36707 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/36707 MISC:37105 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 MISC:37909 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 MISC:MDVSA-2009:329 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:061 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2009:064 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:012 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html MISC:SUSE-SA:2010:013 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html MISC:USN-852-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20090914 CVE-2009-2903 kernel: appletalk: denial of service when handling IP tunnelled over DDP datagrams URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1 MISC:[oss-security] 20090914 Re: CVE-2009-2903 kernel: appletalk: denial of service when handling IP tunnelled over DDP datagrams URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20090917 Re: CVE-2009-2903 kernel: appletalk: denial of service when handling IP tunnelled over DDP datagrams URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414 URL:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414 MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20090820	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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