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CVE-2009-2903 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36707	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36707	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-772	Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.37.6 >= 2.6.0, <= 2.6.31
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise debuginfo	10 sp2 10 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:10:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise desktop	10 sp2 10 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise server	9 10 sp2 10 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
suse linux enterprise software development kit	10 sp2 10 sp3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp3:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 8.04 8.10 9.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 6, 2020	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Sep 16, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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