NVD - CVE-2009-4538

CVE-2009-4538 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 01/12/2010

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Insufficient_Info
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023420
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37523
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551214
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55645
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7016
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9702
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7016
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7016

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9702
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9702

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Insufficient Information (NVD-CWE-noinfo)

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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 9/18/2017 9:29:58 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7016 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9702 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7016 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9702 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4538
NVD Published Date:
01/12/2010
NVD Last Modified:
09/18/2017

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