01 Record
CVE-2009-1389
Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long
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
- 5.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% 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
- 2009-06-16 23:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 33383eb5276234a1bc549c7286c065de5d71ccf7eb6e6946afc3e34c39613582
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com35265http://secunia.com/advisories/35265
- www.debian.orgDSA-1865http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1865
- wiki.rpath.comhttp://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0111
- secunia.com37298http://secunia.com/advisories/37298
- secunia.com36131http://secunia.com/advisories/36131
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090610 CVE-2009-1389 kernel: r8169: fix crash when large packets are receivedhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/10/1
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-6883https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01048.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:031http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-07/msg00006.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-6768https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01094.html
- secunia.com37471http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- support.citrix.comhttp://support.citrix.com/article/CTX123453
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-rtl8169nic-dos(51051)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51051
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:148http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:148
- marc.info[linux-netdev] 20090214 r8169: instant crash if receiving packet larger than MTUhttp://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=123462461713724&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-1844http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1844
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-807-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-807-1
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1193http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1193.html
- secunia.com35566http://secunia.com/advisories/35566
- www.securitytracker.com1023507http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023507
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1157http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1157.html
- www.securityfocus.com20090724 rPSA-2009-0111-1 kernelhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505254/100/0/threaded
- 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
- secunia.com36051http://secunia.com/advisories/36051
- secunia.com36327http://secunia.com/advisories/36327
- secunia.com40645http://secunia.com/advisories/40645
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100067254
- secunia.com36045http://secunia.com/advisories/36045
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-0219http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0219
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10415https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10415
- www.securityfocus.com35281http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35281
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8108
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504726
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20090608 [Security, resend] Instant crash with rtl8169 and large packetshttp://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/8/194
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-6846https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01193.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:038http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00004.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-3316http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fdd7b4c3302c93f6833e338903ea77245eb510b4
- secunia.com35847http://secunia.com/advisories/35847
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1857http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1857