CVE-2009-2903
First published: Thu Sep 10 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.4.0<=2.4.37.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=2.6.0<=2.6.31 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =9 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | =10-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =10-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | =10-sp2 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | =10-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | =10-sp3 | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | =10-sp3 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =9.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.10 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =8.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =6.06 |
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Reference Links
- http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-19077
- http://git.kernel.org/linus/ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/2100
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=522503
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.27.35-170.2.94.fc10
- http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.30.9-90.fc11
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36707
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414
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