ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2019-8956

In the Linux Kernel before versions 4.20.8 and 4.19.21 a use-after-free error in the "sctp_sendmsg()" function (net/sctp/socket.c) when handling SCTP_SENDALL flag can be exploited to corrupt memory.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource

References

  1. https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.21
  2. https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.8
  3. https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ba59fb0273076637f0add4311faa990a5eec27c0
  4. https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2019-5/
  5. https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12671141
  6. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
  7. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/
  8. https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.21
  9. https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.20.8
  10. https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=ba59fb0273076637f0add4311faa990a5eec27c0
  11. https://secuniaresearch.flexerasoftware.com/secunia_research/2019-5/
  12. https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K12671141
  13. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-1/
  14. https://usn.ubuntu.com/3930-2/