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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14641: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2018:2948)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14641: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2018:2948)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/18/2018
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 to 4.19-rc3 inclusive, which can cause a later system crash in ip_do_fragment(). With certain non-default, but non-rare, configuration of a victim host, an attacker can trigger this crash remotely, thus leading to a remote denial-of-service.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel

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