CVE-2009-1389

Linux Kernel - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (40)

[Patch] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html

[Exploit] http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/8/194

[Mailing List] http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=123462461713724&w=2

[Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/35265

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254

[Vendor Advisory] http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-807-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51051

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10415

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01048.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01094.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01193.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

... and 20 more

Scores

EPSS 0.0783

EPSS Percentile 91.9%

Classification

CWE

CWE-119

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

linux/kernel

linux/linux_kernel

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Timeline

Published Jun 16, 2009

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026