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title: "CVE-2009-4538\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-4538

Publication date 12 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e 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 have an unspecified
impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4538?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| linux | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 2.6.31-19.56 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 2.6.28-18.59 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.6.27-17.45 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-27.65 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| linux-source-2.6.15 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

same patch as CVE-2009-4536, but applied to e1000e

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4538)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4538)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4538)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4538)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-894-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-894-1)
+ Linux kernel vulnerabilities
+ 5 February 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4538>