NVD

Id
51654  
Name
CVE-2009-4537  
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 "" 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.  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
7.8  
Severity
High  
CVSS Base Score
7.8  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.9  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
10  
CVSS Vector
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-07  
Published
2010-01-12  
Modified Date
2012-03-19  
Seq
2009-4537  

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