CVE-2009-2903

HIGH 7.1CVE-2009-2903 · Published 15/09/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-2903 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability affecting linux enterprise debuginfo (suse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
linux enterprise debuginfo suse	`= 10`	No fix yet

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

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html · Mailing List
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html · Mailing List
secunia.com/advisories/36707 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37105 · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/37909 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

linux enterprise debuginfo

suse

= 10

No fix yet

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