CVE-2019-19062 Information

Description

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures aka CID-ffdde5932042.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

4.7