CVE-2009-1298 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6.29 through 2.6.32-rc8. The flaw, a NULL pointer dereference, occurs in the ip_frag_reasm function due to an incorrect argument passed to IP_INC_STATS_BH, triggered by specially crafted long IP packets. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to cause a system hang with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.28:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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