CVE-2019-11479

Description

Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. 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 commits 967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 and 5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363.

Categories

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 13.01% Top 10%
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Affected: Linux Linux kernel
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108818 third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/905115 third party advisory us government resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1594 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1602 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2 third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4041-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/3 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/06/4 third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1699 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4041-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-001.md third party advisory patch
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic mitigation third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/tcpsack third party advisory
https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44193 third party advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_28 third party advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190625-0001/ third party advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10287 third party advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-462066.pdf third party advisory
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-19-253-03 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2020-010.txt third party advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=5f3e2bf008c2221478101ee72f5cb4654b9fc363 patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=967c05aee439e6e5d7d805e195b3a20ef5c433d6 patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K35421172 third party advisory
https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2019-0008 third party advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K35421172?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-06 third party advisory us government resource

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-11479?
CVE-2019-11479 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-11479?
To fix CVE-2019-11479, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-11479 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-11479 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-11479?
CVE-2019-11479 affects Linux Linux kernel.
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