Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2009-2903
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 8.04, 8.10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo — versions 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop — versions 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 9, 10
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/36707 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37909 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)