CVE-2018-5391 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-004.txt http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200115-01-linux-en 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 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105108 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041476 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041637 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2785 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2791 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2846 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2924 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2925 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2933 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3459 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3586 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3590 https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-377115.pdf https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=c30f1fc041b74ecdb072dd44f858750414b8b19f https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00014.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181003-0002/ https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K74374841?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4272 https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641765

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5