CVE-2009-4536

CVE Details

Release Date:	2010-01-12
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a large packet with a crafted payload. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1385.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0020	2010-01-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-89.0.19.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0020	2010-01-08
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-89.0.19.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2010-0020	2010-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2010-0019	2010-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0019	2010-01-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.10.1.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2010-0019	2010-01-08