Medium
Canonical Ubuntu
USN-4041-1 provided updates for the Linux kernel in Ubuntu. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
USN-4017-2 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, the update introduced a regression that interfered with networking applications that setup very low SO_SNDBUF values. This update fixes the problem.
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Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel could be coerced into segmenting responses into multiple TCP segments. A remote attacker could construct an ongoing sequence of requests to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-11479)
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2019-11479
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below: