Is RHEL Vulnerable to CVE-2009-4538?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux MRG

Issue

What RHEL versions are vulnerable?

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37523

Resolution

Covered in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551214

CVE-2009-4538 kernel: e1000e frame fragment issue

Errata:

RHEL3 is not vulnerable as it does not include the e1000e module.

Root Cause

Diagnostic Steps

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