CVE-2009-2903

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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 app

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.1 EPSS 0.03773

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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Affected Products & Versions

linux kernel>= 2.4.0 and <= 2.4.37.6
linux kernel>= 2.6.0 and <= 2.6.31
suse linux enterprise debuginfoall versions
suse linux enterprise desktopall versions
suse linux enterprise serverall versions
suse linux enterprise software development kitall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.1

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Published to NVD15 Sep 2009 · 10:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-852-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/36707Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/37105Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37909Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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