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CVE-2018-14641 Detail

Description

A security flaw was found in the ip_frag_reasm() function in net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c in the Linux kernel from 4.19-rc1 to 4.19-rc3 inclusive, which can cause a later system crash in ip_do_fragment(). With certain non-default, but non-rare, configuration of a victim host, an attacker can trigger this crash remotely, thus leading to a remote denial-of-service.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14641 Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5d407b071dc369c26a38398326ee2be53651cfe4 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/248 Exploit  Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-456 Missing Initialization of a Variable Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14641
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.