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-2019:1488)

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...

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...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1222) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

CVE-2019-11477 , CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system. The latest Amazon Linux 2 AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not...

SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1535-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Azure 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...

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...

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:...

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-2019:1490)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:1490 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: An integer overflow flaw was found in...

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 SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1529-1) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 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 possible to...

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...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2019-1222) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

CVE-2019-11477 , CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system. The latest Amazon Linux AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not...

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...

USN-4017-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oem, linux-oracle, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation 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. CVE-2019-11478 Jonathan Looney discovered that an...

USN-4017-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation 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. CVE-2019-11478 Jonathan Looney discovered that an...

Kernel: tcp: excessive resource consumption while processing SACK blocks allows remote denial of service

An excessive resource consumption 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, which leads to increased resource...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel-rt security update

An update for kernel-rt 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...

Kernel: tcp: integer overflow while processing SACK blocks allows remote denial of service

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 segment size MSS...

Kernel: tcp: excessive resource consumption while processing SACK blocks allows remote denial of service

An excessive resource consumption 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, which leads to increased resource...