CVE-2009-2903
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.1)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 3.85%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 90
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (6)
CWE
- CWE-772
Referencias
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36707
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
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