CVE-2009-4536

kernel: e1000 issue reported at 26c3

Published Jan 12, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 5.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a large packet with a crafted payload. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1385.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1996-1 New Linux 2.6.26 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2003-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4502 drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier handles Ethernet frames that exceed the MTU by processing certain trailing payload data as if it were a complete frame, which allows remote attackers to bypass packet filters via a large packet with a crafted payload. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1385.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-894-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?t=126203102000001&r=1&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35265 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38031 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38276 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38296 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38492 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38610 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/38779 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023420 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37519 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0009.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=552126 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55648 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4536 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10607 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12440 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13226 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7453 cve-icon cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4536 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:08 AM
Reserved
Dec 31, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 12, 2010, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:13 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Dec 28, 2009, 12:00 AM