Resource Exhaustion Affecting kernel-debug-modules package, versions <0:4.18.0-240.el8
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (19th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEBUGMODULES-2053708
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Nov 2019
Introduced: 21 Nov 2019
CVE-2019-19062 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:8 kernel-debug-modules to version 0:4.18.0-240.el8 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-modules package and not the kernel-debug-modules package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042.
References
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19062
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4431
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/
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