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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2019-19062 Detail

Current Description

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042.


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Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.7 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155890/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ffdde5932042600c6807d46c1550b28b0db6a3bc Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/O3PSDE6PTOTVBK2YTKB2TFQP2SUBVSNF/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PY7LJMSPAGRIKABJPDKQDTXYW3L5RX2T/ Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Jan/10 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191205-0001/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4254-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2019-19062
NVD Published Date:
11/18/2019
NVD Last Modified:
08/24/2020
Source:
MITRE