#VU30638 Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-18805
Published: November 7, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30638
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18805
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. There is a net/ipv4/tcp_input.c signed integer overflow in tcp_ack_update_rtt() when userspace writes a very large integer to /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_min_rtt_wlen, leading to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact, aka CID-19fad20d15a6.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00039.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0740
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.11
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=19fad20d15a6494f47f85d869f00b11343ee5c78
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/