CVE-2019-15666

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-15666DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15666
Modified
Published: 27 Aug 2019, 04:49
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 00:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.73% LOW
2% probability -5.31%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Aug 2019, 04:49
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 00:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.19. There is an out-of-bounds array access in __xfrm_policy_unlink, which will cause denial of service, because verify_newpolicy_info in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c mishandles directory validation.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0MEDIUMScore: 6.9CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.73% Percentile: 77%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    < 5.2.6-1 | < 5.2.6-1 | < 5.2.6-1 | < 5.2.6-1

  • ubuntulinux

    < 4.4.0-157.185 | < 4.15.0-60.67

  • ubuntulinux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1054.58 | < 4.4.0-1090.101 | < 4.15.0-1047.49

  • ubuntulinux-aws-fips

    < 4.15.0-2018.18 | all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-hwe

    < 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1056.61 | < 5.0.0-1018.19~18.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fips

    < 4.15.0-2006.7 | all

  • ubuntulinux-bluefield

    all

  • ubuntulinux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1015.20

  • ubuntulinux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1041.43 | < 4.15.0-1042.45

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-fips

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gke-4.15

    < 4.15.0-1041.43

  • ubuntulinux-gke-5.0

    < 5.0.0-1015.15~18.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-hwe

    < 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1 | < 5.0.0-27.28~18.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntulinux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntulinux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1052.59 | < 4.15.0-1043.43

  • ubuntulinux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-164.192~14.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-oem

    < 4.15.0-1056.65

  • ubuntulinux-oem-osp1

    < 5.0.0-1020.22

  • ubuntulinux-oracle

    < 4.15.0-1022.25~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1022.25

  • ubuntulinux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntulinux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1117.126 | < 4.15.0-1044.47

  • ubuntulinux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntulinux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntulinux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1121.127 | < 4.15.0-1062.69

  • debiandebian_linux

    8.0

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    < 5.0.19

  • opensuseleap

    15.0 | 15.1

References (12)