Linux Kernel Input Validation Flaw in Intel PRO/1000 Linux Drivers Lets Remote Users Deny Service and Potentially Bypass Security Controls
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023420 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1023420
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2009-4536, CVE-2009-4538
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Jan 8 2010
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Impact:
Denial of service via network, Modification of system information
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.6.31 and prior versions
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the the Linux Kernel. A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.
A remote user can send specially crafted data to cause the target e1000 or e1000e driver to crash.
A remote user may also be able to send specially crafted data that will bypass the driver's fragment check and cause portions of invalid frames to be passed up to the networking stack.
Eugene Teo reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can cause the target system to crash.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
A patch has been proposed:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126203101730472&w=2
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
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Message History:
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:22:21 +0000
Subject: Linux kernel
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CVE-2009-4538
Intel PRO/1000 Linux drivers
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