Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23553Denial Of Service (DoS)
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The kernel is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DoS). Memory leaks were found on some error paths in the icmp_send() function in the Linux kernel. This could, potentially, cause the network connectivity to cease.
References
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/2
secunia.com/advisories/33758
secunia.com/advisories/37471
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Release_Notes/index.html#d0e497
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/34084
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021958
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0326
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0079
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0778
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49199
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10215
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7867
Related
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C