CVE-2018-5391 | BDVDB-2026-106570 Detail
LinuxKernel
Description#
The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly. An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted IP fragments. Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered and fixed over the years. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References#
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2785
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2925
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641765
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-004.txt
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-2/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3459
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=c30f1fc041b74ecdb072dd44f858750414b8b19f
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2933
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3590
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
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- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00014.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2924
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4272
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3586
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2846
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041637
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2791
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181003-0002/
- 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
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74374841?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200115-01-linux-en
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-377115.pdf
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.