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High RHSA-2019:1594 3 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: redhat-virtualization-host security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor redhat-release-virtualization-host 0:4.2-11.1.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor redhat-release-virtualization-host-content 0:4.2-11.1.el7
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor redhat-virtualization-host 0:4.2-20190618.0.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 0:4.2-20190618.0.el7_6
Red Hat · RHEL 7 enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 0:4.2-11.1.el7

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…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719123
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719128
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719129
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721369
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_1594.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11477
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11477
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11477
  • article
    https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?series=114310
  • article
    https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/17/5
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11478
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11478
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11478
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11479
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11479
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11479