CVE-2019-3874

LOW

Description

The SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace application is not accounted by the cgroups subsystem. An attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack. Kernel 3.10.x and 4.18.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3874

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-2/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2019-03-25

Updated: 2020-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 6.5

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 2.8

Severity: MEDIUM