CVE-2019-11478
What it is
Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fixed in stable kernel releases 4.4.182, 4.9.182, 4.14.127, 4.19.52, 5.1.11, and is fixed in commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 94.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS). Higher than most.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 94.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 5.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 94.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-770 · Allocation without limits
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 4.4.182
- Linux Kernel < 4.9.182
- Linux Kernel < 4.14.127
- Linux Kernel < 4.19.52
- Linux Kernel < 5.1.11
- f5 big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager ≤ 11.6.4
- f5 big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager ≤ 12.1.4
- f5 big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager ≤ 13.1.1
Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e
- https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e
- https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153346/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0052-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154408/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0055-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2020-010.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0010.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1594
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1602
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1699
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/tcpsack
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-462066.pdf
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e
- https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md
- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44193
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10287
- https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0007
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/30
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190625-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26618426
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905115