CVE-2009-4538

CVE Details

Release Date:

2010-01-12

Description

drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e 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 have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.

See more information about CVE-2009-4538 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	10	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	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

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