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SUSE: 2018:3860-1 Important: Denial Of Service Attack Mitigation

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2018
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has rolled out a critical security update for the Linux Kernel addressing a denial of service vulnerability in SLE 12 SP3, ensuring enhanced protection.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.140-94_42 fixes one issue. The following security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-5391: Fixed a possible 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. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size (bsc#1103098). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3:

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References

#1103098

Cross- CVE-2018-5391

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5391.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1103098

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:3860-1
Rating: important

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