CVE-2019-18809MEDIUM
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Description
A memory leak in the af9005_identify_state() function in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/af9005.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-2289adbfa559.
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2289adbfa559050d2a38bcd9caac1c18b800e928
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4285-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2019-11-07
Updated: 2020-08-24
Type: CWE-401
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 0.9
Severity: MEDIUM
Vulnerable Software
Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 5.3.9 (inclusive)
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Tenable Plugins
| ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 145806 | CentOS 8 : kernel (CESA-2020:4431) | Nessus | CentOS Local Security Checks | medium |
| 142430 | RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2020:4431) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
| 142382 | RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2020:4609) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |
| 135574 | Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5649) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
| 134658 | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4300-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | medium |
| 134486 | EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-1197) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 134363 | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:0613-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 134240 | Debian DLA-2114-1 : linux-4.9 security update | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | critical |
| 133800 | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4287-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 133798 | Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4285-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
| 132925 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:0093-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132796 | EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.5.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2020-1042) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132394 | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:3381-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132389 | SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:3371-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132237 | SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:3317-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132236 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:3316-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 132032 | openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-2675) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | critical |
| 131833 | SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:3200-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
| 131787 | Fedora 30 : kernel (2019-124a241044) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 131742 | Fedora 31 : kernel (2019-b86a7bdba0) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
| 131349 | EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2283) | Nessus | Huawei Local Security Checks | high |