vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-10638: Kernel: net: weak IP ID generation leads to remote device tracking
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 5, 2019 | Dec 29, 2020 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 5, 2019
Added
Dec 29, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos
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