7.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2009-2903

Published: 15/09/2009 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.1 | Impact Score: 6.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 632
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x up to and including 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x up to and including 2.6.31, when the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded but the ipddp"N" device is not found, allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via IP-DDP datagrams.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel

suse linux enterprise server 10

suse linux enterprise server 9

suse linux enterprise desktop 10

suse linux enterprise software development kit 10

suse linux enterprise debuginfo 10

canonical ubuntu linux 9.04

canonical ubuntu linux 8.10

canonical ubuntu linux 8.04

canonical ubuntu linux 6.06

Vendor Advisories

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