Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23945Denial Of Service (DoS)
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 is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). A flaw was found in the Realtek r8169 Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel. Receiving overly-long frames with network cards supported by this driver could possibly result in a remote denial of service.
References
blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/
events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2
marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/38031
secunia.com/advisories/38610
secunia.com/advisories/39742
secunia.com/advisories/39830
secunia.com/advisories/40645
securitytracker.com/id?1023419
twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406
www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0019
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
Related
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