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CVE-2018-5391

The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, IP implementation is vulnerable to denial of service conditions with low rates of specially modified packets PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Kernelaffected 3.9 before 3.9*

CWE

CWE-400

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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