Insufficient Entropy Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.18.0-147.el8
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed15 Jul 2019
Introduced: 15 Jul 2019
CVE-2019-10638 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-headers to version 0:4.18.0-147.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3517.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-headers package and not the kernel-headers package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109092
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10638
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.10478.pdf
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.8
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/55f0fc7a02de8f12757f4937143d8d5091b2e40b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4114-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/