CVE-2009-2903

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 15 Sept 2009, 22:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.1 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.77% LOW
4% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Sept 2009, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x through 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.31, when the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded but the ipddp"N" device is not found, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via IP-DDP datagrams.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.77%• Percentile: 88%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    6.06 | 8.04 | 8.10 | 9.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.4.0, ≤ 2.4.37.6 | ≥ 2.6.0, ≤ 2.6.31

  • suse•linux_enterprise_debuginfo

    10:sp2 | 10:sp3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_desktop

    10:sp2 | 10:sp3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    9 | 10:sp2 | 10:sp3

  • suse•linux_enterprise_software_development_kit

    10:sp2 | 10:sp3

References (15)