{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2009-0778", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The icmp_send function in net/ipv4/icmp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25, when configured as a router with a REJECT route, does not properly manage the Protocol Independent Destination Cache (aka DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an \"rt_cache leak.\"" } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components", "refsource" : "BUGTRAQ", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded" }, { "name" : "[oss-security] 20090311 CVE-2009-0778 kernel: rt_cache leak", "refsource" : "MLIST", "url" : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/2" }, { "name" : "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160" }, { "name" : "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25" }, { "name" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163" }, { "name" : "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html" }, { "name" : "RHSA-2009:0326", "refsource" : "REDHAT", "url" : "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html" }, { "name" : "34084", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34084" }, { "name" : "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10215", "refsource" : "OVAL", "url" : "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10215" }, { "name" : "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7867", "refsource" : "OVAL", "url" : "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7867" }, { "name" : "1021958", "refsource" : "SECTRACK", "url" : "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021958" }, { "name" : "33758", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/33758" }, { "name" : "37471", "refsource" : "SECUNIA", "url" : "http://secunia.com/advisories/37471" }, { "name" : "ADV-2009-3316", "refsource" : "VUPEN", "url" : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316" }, { "name" : "linux-kernel-rtcache-dos(49199)", "refsource" : "XF", "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49199" } ] } }