Medium severity · published Mar 25, 2019
CVE-2019-3874
The SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace application is not accounted by the cgroups subsystem
6.5
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.10.1 through 3.10.108; 4.18.1 through 4.18.20 · source: NVD
AI
Active IQ Unified Manager For Vmware Vsphere · Netapp
9.5 and later · source: NVD
CF
Cn1610 Firmware · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
HM
Hci Management Node · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SN
Snapprotect · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
SO
Solidfire · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10; 19.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3874
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3874
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3874
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/
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