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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4537 Detail

Description

drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 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 (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/ CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38031 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/38610 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023419 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4537
NVD Published Date:
01/12/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE