Buffer overflow in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - CVE-2019-19339
Published: December 17, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23647
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19339
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the mechanism responsible for error handling on some Intel platforms. A local user of a guest operating system can use a specially crafted application to trigger memory corruption and cause the host system to stop responding.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Note, this vulnerability exists due to incomplete patch for vulnerability CVE-2018-12207How to mitigate CVE-2019-19339
Install updates from vendor's website.