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CVE-2009-4537 Details

Description

drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 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 (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.

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://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38031	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38610	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023419	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://blog.c22.cc/2009/12/27/26c3-cat-procsysnetipv4fuckups/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2009/Fahrplan/events/3596.en.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=126202972828626&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?t=126202986900002&r=1&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550907	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38031	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38610	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39742	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/39830	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40645	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023419	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55647	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7443	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9439	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://twitter.com/dakami/statuses/7104238406	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2053	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37521	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 60 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 2.6.32.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* 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]
Nov 16, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2010	Initial Analysis	[email protected]