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Red Hat: CVE-2019-3874: CVE-2019-3874 kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-3874: CVE-2019-3874 kernel: SCTP socket buffer memory leak leading to denial of service (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/25/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
03/13/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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