National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-1389

Overview

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-6846

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01193.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-6768

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01094.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-6883

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01048.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726

External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-rtl8169nic-dos(51051)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51051

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1857

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0219

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0219

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-807-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-807-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1023507

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023507

External Source: BID

Name: 35281

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35281

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090724 rPSA-2009-0111-1 kernel

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1193

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1157

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090610 CVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are received

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/10/1

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2009:148

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1865

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1844

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453

Hyperlink:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40645

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40645

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37471

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37471

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37298

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37298

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36327

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36327

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36131

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36131

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36051

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36051

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36045

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36045

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35847

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35847

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35566

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35566

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35265

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35265

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-netdev] 20090214 r8169: instant crash if receiving packet larger than MTU

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=123462461713724&w=2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [linux-kernel] 20090608 [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packets

Hyperlink:http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/8/194

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2010:031

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:038

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415