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High ELSA-2019-4686 3 CVEs

Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Jun 17, 2019 · Updated Jun 17, 2019

Summary

kernel-uek
[3.8.13-118.35.2]
- tcp: enforce tcp_min_snd_mss in tcp_mtu_probing() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 29886600] {CVE-2019-11477}
- tcp: add tcp_min_snd_mss sysctl (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 29884307] {CVE-2019-11479}
- tcp: tcp_fragment() should apply sane memory limits (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 29884307] {CVE-2019-11478}
- tcp: fix fack_count accounting on tcp_shift_skb_data() (Joao Martins) [Orabug: 29890831] {CVE-2019-11477}
- tcp: limit payload size of sacked skbs (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 29884307] {CVE-2019-11477}

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.35.2.el6uek 0:0.4.5-3.el6
Oracle Linux · 7 dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek 0:0.4.5-3.el7
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-firmware 0:3.8.13-118.35.2.el7uek

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-11477 Public exploit EPSS 99%

    Integer overflow in TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs). A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fi…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2019-11478 Public exploit EPSS 94%

    SACK can cause extensive memory use via fragmented resend queue

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of serv…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2019-11479 EPSS 91%

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fr…