CVE-2009-4537

High

Description

drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJan 12, 2010
First seenJan 12, 2010

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 2.6.32.3—
debian debian_linux5.0—

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