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CVE-2009-1389 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/8/194 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=123462461713724&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35265 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35566 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/35847 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/36045 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/36051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/36131 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/36327 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37298 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/10/1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35281 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023507 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-807-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0219 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10415 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8108 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01048.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01094.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01193.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1389
NVD Published Date:
06/16/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.