CVE-2009-2903

Publication date 15 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

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

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux	9.04 jaunty	Fixed in 2.6.28-16.55
	8.10 intrepid	Fixed in 2.6.27-15.43
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed in 2.6.24-25.63
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15	9.04 jaunty	Not in release
	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed in 2.6.15-55.80

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-852-1
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
22 October 2009

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2903