Executive Summary

Summary
Title Linux kernel IP fragment re-assembly vulnerable to denial of service
Informations
Name VU#641765 First vendor Publication 2018-08-14
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2018-10-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#641765

Linux kernel IP fragment re-assembly vulnerable to denial of service

Original Release date: 14 Aug 2018 | Last revised: 12 Oct 2018

Overview

The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, IP implementation is vulnerable to denial of service conditions with low rates of specially modified packets.

Description

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion') - CVE-2018-5391

The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly.

An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted IP fragments.

Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered and fixed over the years. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size.

Impact

An attacker may be able to trigger a denial-of-service condition against the system.

Solution

Apply a patch
Patches are available from OS vendors to address the vulnerability.

If you are unable to apply a patch, see the following mitigations:

Modify Default Configurations
Change the (default) values of net.ipv4/ipv6.ipfrag_high_thresh and net.ipv4/ipv6.ipfrag_low_thresh back to 256kB and 192 kB (respectively) or below.

Example:
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ipfrag_low_thresh=196608
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ipfrag_high_thresh=262144
sysctl -w net.ipv6.ip6frag_low_thresh=196608
sysctl -w net.ipv6.ip6frag_high_thresh=262144

Update:
Further testing shows that these mitigations are not a 100% fix. A significantly strong attack will still result in a denial of service condition.

Revert Commit
Another sufficient mitigation is to revert the commit c2a936600f78aea00d3312ea4b66a79a4619f9b4

Vendor Information (Learn More)

VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
Arista Networks, Inc.Affected13 Aug 201815 Aug 2018
Check Point Software TechnologiesAffected13 Aug 201813 Sep 2018
Debian GNU/LinuxAffected13 Aug 201815 Aug 2018
MicrosoftAffected13 Aug 201812 Oct 2018
Red Hat, Inc.Affected13 Aug 201815 Aug 2018
SUSE LinuxAffected13 Aug 201812 Sep 2018
UbuntuAffected13 Aug 201815 Aug 2018
BroadcomNot Affected13 Aug 201811 Sep 2018
3com IncUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
A10 NetworksUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
ACCESSUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
Actelis NetworksUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
ActiontecUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
ADTRANUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
aep NETWORKSUnknown13 Aug 201813 Aug 2018
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CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

GroupScoreVector
Base7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Temporal6.6E:U/RL:ND/RC:ND
Environmental6.6CDP:ND/TD:H/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

  • https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=c30f1fc041b74ecdb072dd44f858750414b8b19f

Credit

Thanks to Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking / Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Trent Novelly.

Other Information

  • CVE IDs:CVE-2018-5391
  • Date Public:14 Aug 2018
  • Date First Published:14 Aug 2018
  • Date Last Updated:12 Oct 2018
  • Document Revision:36

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Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641765

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

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Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-11 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing multiple security updates.
File : Virtuozzo_VZA-2018-075.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-10 Name : The remote device is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : juniper_space_jsa10917_184R1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-3083.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-26 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1352.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-2846.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-04 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1278.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-04 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1279.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1466.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-15 Name : The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.
File : al2_ALAS-2018-1058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-15 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2018-1058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4272.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2018-11-16 21:21:46
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