Vulnerability Bulletins |
DSA-4272 linux - security update |
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| Affected software | Debian |
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CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack) Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service. More info: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4272 |
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