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CVE-2018-5391

Published: 2018-09-06T21:29Z
Last Modified: 2024-11-21T04:08Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
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. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt