CVE-2019-11478 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2019-11478 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 18/06/2019 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2019
Source: canonical | Vendor: Linux | Product: Linux kernel
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2019-11478 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-770
CWE Name: CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Source: Linux

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).