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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2009-4538

CVE-2009-4538

UNKNOWN

drivers/net/e1000e/netdev

Published Jan 12, 2010

Modified 1 years ago

Details

drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e 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 have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.

References(31)

ADVISORYhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html ADVISORYhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38031 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38276 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38296 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38492 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38610 ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38779 WEBhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1023420 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005 ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2 WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1 ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html ADVISORYhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37523

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

10.0

Exploitability

Access Vector

NetworkAV:N

Access Complexity

LowAC:L

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

CompleteC:C

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

10/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJan 12, 2010

ModifiedAug 7, 2024

CVE-2009-4538 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence