CVE-2009-0778

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 12 Mar 2009, 15:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 04:48

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
39/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.48% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Mar 2009, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 04:48
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0HIGHScore: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.48% Percentile: 81%

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.24.7 | 2.6.0 | 2.6.0:test1 | 2.6.0:test10 | 2.6.0:test11 | 2.6.0:test2 | 2.6.0:test3 | 2.6.0:test4 | 2.6.0:test5 | 2.6.0:test6 | 2.6.0:test7 | 2.6.0:test8 | 2.6.0:test9 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.1:rc1 | 2.6.1:rc2 | 2.6.1:rc3 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.2:rc1 | 2.6.2:rc2 | 2.6.2:rc3 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.3:rc1 | 2.6.3:rc2 | 2.6.3:rc3 | 2.6.3:rc4 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.4:rc1 | 2.6.4:rc2 | 2.6.4:rc3 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.5:rc1 | 2.6.5:rc2 | 2.6.5:rc3 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.6:rc1 | 2.6.6:rc2 | 2.6.6:rc3 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.7:rc1 | 2.6.7:rc2 | 2.6.7:rc3 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.8:rc1 | 2.6.8:rc2 | 2.6.8:rc3 | 2.6.8:rc4 | 2.6.8.1 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.9:rc1 | 2.6.9:rc2 | 2.6.9:rc3 | 2.6.9:rc4 | 2.6.10 | 2.6.10:rc1 | 2.6.10:rc2 | 2.6.10:rc3 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.11:rc1 | 2.6.11:rc2 | 2.6.11:rc3 | 2.6.11:rc4 | 2.6.11:rc5 | 2.6.11.1 | 2.6.11.2 | 2.6.11.3 | 2.6.11.4 | 2.6.11.5 | 2.6.11.6 | 2.6.11.7 | 2.6.11.8 | 2.6.11.9 | 2.6.11.10 | 2.6.11.11 | 2.6.11.12 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.12:rc1 | 2.6.12:rc2 | 2.6.12:rc3 | 2.6.12:rc4 | 2.6.12:rc5 | 2.6.12:rc6 | 2.6.12.1 | 2.6.12.2 | 2.6.12.3 | 2.6.12.4 | 2.6.12.5 | 2.6.12.6 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.13:rc1 | 2.6.13:rc2 | 2.6.13:rc3 | 2.6.13:rc4 | 2.6.13:rc5 | 2.6.13:rc6 | 2.6.13:rc7 | 2.6.13.1 | 2.6.13.2 | 2.6.13.3 | 2.6.13.4 | 2.6.13.5 | 2.6.14 | 2.6.14:rc1 | 2.6.14:rc2 | 2.6.14:rc3 | 2.6.14:rc4 | 2.6.14:rc5 | 2.6.14.1 | 2.6.14.2 | 2.6.14.3 | 2.6.14.4 | 2.6.14.5 | 2.6.14.6 | 2.6.14.7 | 2.6.15 | 2.6.15:rc1 | 2.6.15:rc2 | 2.6.15:rc3 | 2.6.15:rc4 | 2.6.15:rc5 | 2.6.15:rc6 | 2.6.15:rc7 | 2.6.15.1 | 2.6.15.2 | 2.6.15.3 | 2.6.15.4 | 2.6.15.5 | 2.6.15.6 | 2.6.15.7 | 2.6.15.8 | 2.6.15.9 | 2.6.15.10 | 2.6.15.11 | 2.6.16 | 2.6.16:rc1 | 2.6.16:rc2 | 2.6.16:rc3 | 2.6.16:rc4 | 2.6.16:rc5 | 2.6.16:rc6 | 2.6.16.1 | 2.6.16.2 | 2.6.16.3 | 2.6.16.4 | 2.6.16.5 | 2.6.16.6 | 2.6.16.7 | 2.6.16.8 | 2.6.16.9 | 2.6.16.10 | 2.6.16.11 | 2.6.16.12 | 2.6.16.13 | 2.6.16.14 | 2.6.16.15 | 2.6.16.16 | 2.6.16.17 | 2.6.16.18 | 2.6.16.19 | 2.6.16.20 | 2.6.16.21 | 2.6.16.22 | 2.6.16.23 | 2.6.16.24 | 2.6.16.25 | 2.6.16.26 | 2.6.16.27 | 2.6.16.28 | 2.6.16.29 | 2.6.16.30 | 2.6.16.31 | 2.6.16.32 | 2.6.16.33 | 2.6.16.34 | 2.6.16.35 | 2.6.16.36 | 2.6.16.37 | 2.6.16.38 | 2.6.16.39 | 2.6.16.40 | 2.6.16.41 | 2.6.16.42 | 2.6.16.43 | 2.6.16.44 | 2.6.16.45 | 2.6.16.46 | 2.6.16.47 | 2.6.16.48 | 2.6.16.49 | 2.6.16.50 | 2.6.16.51 | 2.6.16.52 | 2.6.16.53 | 2.6.16.54 | 2.6.16.55 | 2.6.16.56 | 2.6.16.57 | 2.6.16.58 | 2.6.16.59 | 2.6.16.60 | 2.6.16.61 | 2.6.16.62 | 2.6.17 | 2.6.17:rc1 | 2.6.17:rc2 | 2.6.17:rc3 | 2.6.17:rc4 | 2.6.17:rc5 | 2.6.17:rc6 | 2.6.17.1 | 2.6.17.2 | 2.6.17.3 | 2.6.17.4 | 2.6.17.5 | 2.6.17.6 | 2.6.17.7 | 2.6.17.8 | 2.6.17.9 | 2.6.17.10 | 2.6.17.11 | 2.6.17.12 | 2.6.17.13 | 2.6.17.14 | 2.6.18 | 2.6.18:rc1 | 2.6.18:rc2 | 2.6.18:rc3 | 2.6.18:rc4 | 2.6.18:rc5 | 2.6.18:rc6 | 2.6.18:rc7 | 2.6.18.1 | 2.6.18.2 | 2.6.18.3 | 2.6.18.4 | 2.6.18.5 | 2.6.18.6 | 2.6.18.7 | 2.6.18.8 | 2.6.19 | 2.6.19:rc1 | 2.6.19:rc2 | 2.6.19:rc3 | 2.6.19:rc4 | 2.6.19.1 | 2.6.19.2 | 2.6.19.3 | 2.6.19.4 | 2.6.19.5 | 2.6.19.6 | 2.6.19.7 | 2.6.20 | 2.6.20:rc2 | 2.6.20.1 | 2.6.20.2 | 2.6.20.3 | 2.6.20.4 | 2.6.20.5 | 2.6.20.6 | 2.6.20.7 | 2.6.20.8 | 2.6.20.9 | 2.6.20.10 | 2.6.20.11 | 2.6.20.12 | 2.6.20.13 | 2.6.20.14 | 2.6.20.15 | 2.6.20.16 | 2.6.20.17 | 2.6.20.18 | 2.6.20.19 | 2.6.20.20 | 2.6.20.21 | 2.6.21 | 2.6.21:git1 | 2.6.21:git2 | 2.6.21:git3 | 2.6.21:git4 | 2.6.21:git5 | 2.6.21:git6 | 2.6.21:git7 | 2.6.21:rc3 | 2.6.21:rc4 | 2.6.21:rc5 | 2.6.21:rc6 | 2.6.21:rc7 | 2.6.21.1 | 2.6.21.2 | 2.6.21.3 | 2.6.21.4 | 2.6.21.5 | 2.6.21.6 | 2.6.21.7 | 2.6.22 | 2.6.22:rc6 | 2.6.22.1 | 2.6.22.2 | 2.6.22.3 | 2.6.22.4 | 2.6.22.5 | 2.6.22.6 | 2.6.22.7 | 2.6.22.8 | 2.6.22.9 | 2.6.22.10 | 2.6.22.11 | 2.6.22.12 | 2.6.22.13 | 2.6.22.14 | 2.6.22.15 | 2.6.22.16 | 2.6.22.17 | 2.6.22.18 | 2.6.22.19 | 2.6.22.20 | 2.6.23 | 2.6.23:rc1 | 2.6.23:rc2 | 2.6.23.1 | 2.6.23.2 | 2.6.23.3 | 2.6.23.4 | 2.6.23.5 | 2.6.23.6 | 2.6.23.8 | 2.6.23.9 | 2.6.23.10 | 2.6.23.11 | 2.6.23.12 | 2.6.23.13 | 2.6.23.14 | 2.6.23.15 | 2.6.23.16 | 2.6.23.17 | 2.6.24 | 2.6.24:rc1 | 2.6.24:rc2 | 2.6.24:rc3 | 2.6.24:rc4 | 2.6.24:rc5 | 2.6.24.1 | 2.6.24.2 | 2.6.24.3 | 2.6.24.4 | 2.6.24.5 | 2.6.24.6

  • vmwareesx

    2.5.5 | 3.0.3 | 3.5 | 4.0

  • vmwareserver

    2.0.0

  • vmwarevcenter

    4.0

  • vmwarevirtualcenter

    2.0.2 | 2.5

  • vmwarevma

    4.0

References (15)