CVE-2018-5391

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.
References
Link Resource
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641765 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=c30f1fc041b74ecdb072dd44f858750414b8b19f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4272 Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3742-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3741-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3740-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00014.html Mitigation Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041476 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105108 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2018-004.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041637 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2791 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2785 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181003-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2846 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2933 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2925 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2924 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3459 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3590 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3586 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
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&utm_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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-09-06 21:29

Updated : 2019-03-21 16:00


NVD link : CVE-2018-5391

Mitre link : CVE-2018-5391


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server_tus
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation