CVE-2019-11478

SACK can cause extensive memory use via fragmented resend queue

Published Jun 18, 2019 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 94.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment 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. 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 commit f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1823-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1824-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1862-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4465-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4484-1 linux security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4017-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4017-2 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
References
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153346/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0052-1.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154408/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0055-1.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2020-010.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/4 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/24/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/29/3 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2019-0010.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1594 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1602 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1699 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/tcpsack cve-icon cve-icon
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-462066.pdf cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=f070ef2ac66716357066b683fb0baf55f8191a2e cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md cve-icon cve-icon
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44193 cve-icon cve-icon
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10287 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11478 cve-icon
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?series=114310 cve-icon
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0007 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/30 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190625-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26618426 cve-icon cve-icon
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11478 cve-icon
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905115 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/17/5 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_28 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-253-03 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
canonical
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 11:45 PM
Reserved
Apr 23, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 19, 2019, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:12 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jun 17, 2019, 5:00 PM