CVE-2009-0778
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 12, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 3, 2009
Description
The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak."
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2009:0326vendor-advisory
- 37471third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- 33758third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10215vdb-entrysignature
- 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentsmailing-list
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7867vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- [oss-security] 20090311 CVE-2009-0778 kernel: rt_cache leakmailing-list
- 1021958vdb-entry
- linux-kernel-rtcache-dos(49199)vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163
- ADV-2009-3316vdb-entry
- 34084vdb-entry
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