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[Bug 1831637] Re: Remote denial of service (system crash) caused by integer overflow in TCP SACK handling

 

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.0.0-17.18

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linux (5.0.0-17.18) disco; urgency=medium

  * Remote denial of service (resource exhaustion) caused by TCP SACK scoreboard
    manipulation (LP: #1831638)
    - SAUCE: tcp: tcp_fragment() should apply sane memory limits

  * Remote denial of service (system crash) caused by integer overflow in TCP
    SACK handling (LP: #1831637)
    - SAUCE: tcp: limit payload size of sacked skbs

 -- Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:22:50
+0200

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  Remote denial of service (system crash) caused by integer overflow in
  TCP SACK handling

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Precise:
  New
Status in linux source package in Trusty:
  New
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Cosmic:
  Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Disco:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Jonathan Looney discovered that a remote attacker could cause a denial
  of service (system crash) via a maliciously crafted TCP session and a
  certain sequence of SACKs.

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