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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2903 Detail

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/17/2009)

Red Hat is aware of this issue. Please see http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-19077 This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5, as the affected driver is not enabled in these kernels. The affected driver is available in Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It is also available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, but only if the kernel-unsupported package is installed. Future kernel updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG will address this issue.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36707 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2903
NVD Published Date:
09/15/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.