01 Record
CVE-2009-0778
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.62% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-03-12 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-03-03
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- eeb75ca1375f9582823bacb1555f582753a5807ad1fd0a8942d8cd0810195c00
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0326http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
- secunia.com37471http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c0ecc4c4f8fd90988aab8a95297b9c0038b6160
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- secunia.com33758http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10215https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10215
- www.securityfocus.com20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party componentshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:7867https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7867
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20090311 CVE-2009-0778 kernel: rt_cache leakhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/11/2
- www.securitytracker.com1021958http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021958
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-rtcache-dos(49199)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49199
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=485163
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3316http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- www.securityfocus.com34084http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34084