CVE-2019-8460 (GCVE-0-2019-8460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-08-26 19:18 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:17
VLAI
Summary
OpenBSD kernel version <= 6.5 can be forced to create long chains of TCP SACK holes that causes very expensive calls to tcp_sack_option() for every incoming SACK packet which can lead to a denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a OpenBSD Affected: All, including latest - 6.5
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