CVE-2019-11479

Summary

CVECVE-2019-11479
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-19 00:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionJonathan 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Access Policy Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Advanced Firewall Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Analytics All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Acceleration Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Application Security Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Domain Name System All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Edge Gateway All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Service All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Fraud Protection Service All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Global Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Link Controller All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Local Traffic Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Policy Enforcement Manager All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-ip Webaccelerator All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Centralized Management All All All All
Application F5 Big-iq Centralized Management All All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Enterprise Manager 3.1.1 All All All
Application F5 Iworkflow 2.3.0 All All All
Application F5 Iworkflow 2.3.0 All All All
Application F5 Traffix Sdc All All All All
Application F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel TCP SACK Panic Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory CONFIRM psirt.global.sonicwall.com Third Party Advisory
Public KB - SA44193 - 2019-06: Out-of-Cycle Advisory: Multiple Linux Kernel and FreeBSD vulnerabilities CONFIRM kb.pulsesecure.net Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2019-11479 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Siemens Industrial Products (Update G) | CISA MISC www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2020-010.txt CONFIRM www.arubanetworks.com Third Party Advisory
BD Alaris PCU (Update A) | CISA MISC www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
myF5 support.f5.com
USN-4041-1: Linux kernel update | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-4041-2: Linux kernel (HWE) update | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-462066.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/netdev/net.git - Netdev Group's networking tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
TCP SACK PANIC - Kernel vulnerabilities - CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 & CVE-2019-11479 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K35421172 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
Synology Inc. CONFIRM www.synology.com Third Party Advisory
McAfee Security Bulletin – Updates for Linux kernel TCP Sad SACK vulnerability (CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479) CONFIRM kc.mcafee.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/netdev/net.git - Netdev Group's networking tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
VU#905115 - Multiple TCP Selective Acknowledgement (SACK) and Maximum Segment Size (MSS) networking vulnerabilities may cause denial-of-service conditions in Linux and FreeBSD kernels CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityTeam/KnowledgeBase/SACKPanic - Ubuntu Wiki MISC wiki.ubuntu.com Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: linux-distros membership application - Microsoft MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K35421172 CONFIRM support.f5.com Third Party Advisory
security-bulletins/2019-001.md at master · Netflix/security-bulletins · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Jonathan Looney from Netflix

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377208 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cloud-kernel (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0038)
  • 610318 Google Android February 2021 Security Patch Missing for Huawei EMUI
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