Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: denial of service via CIPSO
July 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap, RHEL,
Slackware, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: internet client.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 12/05/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can send malicious CIPSO packets to a Linux host, in
order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-denial-of-service-via-CIPSO-32240