Improper Input Validation Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_3-default package, versions <6-2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.33% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELLIVEPATCH41214253DEFAULT-2760801
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed23 Nov 2018

Introduced: 23 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-5391  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_3-default to version 6-2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_3-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_3-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly. An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted IP fragments. Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered and fixed over the years. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size.

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