Resource Exhaustion Affecting perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.21.3.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
91.66% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERF-2136124
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jun 2019

Introduced: 17 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-11479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-957.21.3.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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