7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
The kernel vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The Parallels Virtuozzo Containers team reported the RHSA-2009:1243 update introduced two flaws in the routing implementation. If an attacker was able to cause a large enough number of collisions in the routing hash table (via specially-crafted packets) for the emergency route flush to trigger, a deadlock could occur. Secondly, if the kernel routing cache was disabled, an uninitialized pointer would be left behind after a route lookup, leading to a kernel panic.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=73e42897e8e5619eacb787d2ce69be12f47cfc21
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b6280b47a7a42970d098a3059f4ebe7e55e90d8d
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www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/20/6
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0046
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0095
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4272
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545411
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55808
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11167
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7026
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rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html