7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded
to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues
significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. 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 commits 967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and
5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363.
Author | Note |
---|---|
tyhicks | This issue is primarily due to the TCP spec not defining a minimum value for the Minimum Segment Size (MSS). The Linux kernel cannot safely put a restriction on the MSS because it may break valid TCP connections. This issue will be addressed by allowing a system administrator to raise the smallest acceptable MSS value but there will be no default mitigation by default. |
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux | < 4.15.0-54.58 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.10 | noarch | linux | < 4.18.0-25.26 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 19.04 | noarch | linux | < 5.0.0-20.21 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux | < 4.4.0-154.181 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.15.0-1043.45 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 18.10 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.18.0-1020.24 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 19.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 5.0.0-1010.11 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.4.0-1048.52) Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws | < 4.4.0-1087.98 | UNKNOWN |
ubuntu | 16.04 | noarch | linux-aws-hwe | < 4.15.0-1043.45~16.04.1 | UNKNOWN |
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%