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HistoryMay 21, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

K84797753 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2019-19062

2020-05-2100:00:00
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AI Score

5.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

17.1%

Security Advisory Description

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042. (CVE-2019-19062)

Impact

A local attacker with access to induce the error conditions can use this flaw to stop the Traffix system. The greatest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.