CVE-2018-5391
The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packet
The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly. An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by sending specially crafted IP fragments. Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered and fixed over the years.
The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size.
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS 0.04262
Schedule remediation
- CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0
YARA rules0