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CVE-2019-3874

MEDIUM
Published 2019-03-25T18:30:37
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CVSS Score

V3.0
5.3
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.177
Higher than 17.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

The SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace application is not accounted by the cgroups subsystem. An attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack. Kernel 3.10.x and 4.18.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

The Linux Foundation

kernel

Affected Versions:

3.10.x and 4.18.x

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-qvwq-hwx3-6297

Advisory Details

The SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace application is not accounted by the cgroups subsystem. An attacker can use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack. Kernel 3.10.x and 4.18.x branches are believed to be vulnerable.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3874
WEB https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-2
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-2
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1
WEB https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003
WEB https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/T/#u
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
WEB https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-security-announcement-linux-kernel-memory-cgroups-escape-via-sctp-cve-2019-3874/5594
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3874
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1686373
WEB https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3874
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3979-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3982-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3980-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3981-2/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3874
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190411-0003/
Published: 2019-03-25T18:30:37
Last Modified: 2024-08-04T19:19:18.619Z
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