CVE-2019-11477: Linux kernel TCP SACK mechanism remote Dos early warning analysis-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

0x00 vulnerability description 2019 6 May 18, RedHat official website released a report: security researchers in the Linux kernel handles the TCP SACK data packet module found three vulnerabilities, the CVE number for CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479, wherein the CVE-2019-11477...

openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-1579) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The openSUSE Leap 15.0 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted by a remote attacker such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. bsc1137586. -...

CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2019:1481) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

CVE-2019-11478

CVE-2019-11478 describes a DoS in the Linux kernel TCP SACK handling where the TCP retransmission queue can fragment, leading to degraded performance or denial of service when processing crafted SACK sequences. The initial entry notes a fixed commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e and st...

CVE-2019-11478 SACK can cause extensive memory use via fragmented resend queue

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcpfragment 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...

CVE-2019-11478

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcpfragment 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...

[slackware-security] kernel

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/linux-4.4.182/: Upgraded. These updates fix various bugs and many security issues, including the "SACK Panic" remote denial-of-service...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2019:1482)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1482 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An integer overflow flaw was found in...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4017-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1536-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to 4.12.14 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. CVE-2019-11479: An...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1534-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel version 4.4.121 was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted by a remote attacker such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2019:1489)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1489 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An integer overflow flaw was found in...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2019:1488)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1488 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An integer overflow flaw was found in...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20190617) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

Security Fixes : - An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's networking subsystem processed TCP Selective Acknowledgment SACK segments. While processing SACK segments, the Linux kernel's socket buffer SKB data structure becomes fragmented. Each fragment is about TCP maximum...

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20190617) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

Security Fixes : - An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's networking subsystem processed TCP Selective Acknowledgment SACK segments. While processing SACK segments, the Linux kernel's socket buffer SKB data structure becomes fragmented. Each fragment is about TCP maximum...

Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4689)

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4689 advisory. - tcp: enforce tcpminsndmss in tcpmtuprobing Eric Dumazet Orabug: 29886601 CVE-2019-11477 - tcp: add tcpminsndmss sysctl Eric Dumazet Orabug:...

[ASA-201906-14] linux-lts: denial of service

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201906-14 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2019-06-18 CVE-ID : CVE-2019-11477 CVE-2019-11478 CVE-2019-11479 Package : linux-lts Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-984 Summary ======= The...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1527-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.180 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. bsc1137586...

SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1530-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kernel panic. CVE-2019-11478: It was possibl...

SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1533-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel version 3.12.74 was updated to to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2019-11477: A sequence of SACKs may have been crafted by a remote attacker such that one can trigger an integer overflow, leading to a kern...