Redhat.comRH:CVE-2019-19068CVE-2019-19068
4.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.0%
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A memory leak in the realtek driver allows an attacker to cause a denial of service through memory consumption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Mitigation
In order to mitigate this issue it is possible to prevent the affected code from being loaded by blacklisting the kernel module rtl8xxxu. For instructions relating to how to blacklist a kernel module refer to: <https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278> .
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4.6 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.9 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
64.0%