CVE-2009-0778

HighCVSS 7.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 DST) in some situations involving transmission of an ICMP Host Unreachable message, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity outage) by sending a large series of packets to many destination IP addresses within this REJECT route, related to an "rt_cache leak."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.1/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Mar 12, 2009
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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