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CVE-2019-3874

Publication date 25 March 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Matteo Croce, Natale Vinto, and Andrea Spagnolo discovered that the cgroups subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly account for SCTP socket buffers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-15.16
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-20.21
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-50.54
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-148.174
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-aws 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1006.6
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-1016.18
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1039.41
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1083.93
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-aws-hwe 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1039.41~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1006.6
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-1018.18
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-1018.18~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1045.49
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.15.0-1045.49~14.04.1
linux-azure-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-1018.18~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1045.49
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1006.6
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-1011.12
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1032.34
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1032.34~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-1011.12~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1032.34
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 19.04 disco Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-20.21~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-50.54~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-50.54~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1006.6
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-1012.12
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1034.34
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1046.52
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-lts-vivid 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-lts-wily 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored
linux-lts-xenial 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-maguro 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 19.04 disco
Fixed 4.15.0-1038.43
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.15.0-1038.43
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1038.43
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 19.04 disco
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.15
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.15
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.15
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1013.15~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1008.8
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 4.18.0-1014.16
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1036.38
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1109.117
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 19.04 disco
Fixed 5.0.0-1012.12
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1053.57
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1113.118
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

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As of 2019-04-01, a patch series that addresses this issue has been submitted for upstream review but it has not yet been ACK'ed or merged. As of 2019-04-09, the patch series is still in the same state.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Adjacent
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3982-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019
    • USN-3980-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019
    • USN-3982-2
    • Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019
    • USN-3981-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019
    • USN-3981-2
    • Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 15 May 2019
    • USN-3980-2
    • Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019
    • USN-3979-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 May 2019

Other references