CVE-2009-4538 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause unspecified impact, likely denial of service, by sending crafted Ethernet frames exceeding MTU to systems using the e1000e driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-4538?
CVE-2009-4538 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4538?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4538?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-4538 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4538 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pm3r-x334-2847.