Detections
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CVE-2009-2903
high
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.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105
http://secunia.com/advisories/36707
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html