CVE-2019-10639
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2019-07-05 |
Description
The Linux kernel 4.x (starting from 4.1) and 5.x before 5.0.8 allows Information Exposure (partial kernel address disclosure), leading to a KASLR bypass. Specifically, it is possible to extract the KASLR kernel image offset using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). This key contains enough bits from a kernel address (of a static variable) so when the key is extracted (via enumeration), the offset of the kernel image is exposed. This attack can be carried out remotely, by the attacker forcing the target device to send UDP or ICMP (or certain other) traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. Forcing a server to send UDP traffic is trivial if the server is a DNS server. ICMP traffic is trivial if the server answers ICMP Echo requests (ping). For client targets, if the target visits the attacker's web page, then WebRTC or gQUIC can be used to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. NOTE: this attack against KASLR became viable in 4.1 because IP ID generation was changed to have a dependency on an address associated with a network namespace.
See more information about CVE-2019-10639 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
CVSS v3.0 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 7.5 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Privileges Required: | None | User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged | Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5837 | 2020-09-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2020-1016 | 2020-04-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5837 | 2020-09-03 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2020-5845 | 2020-09-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel) | ELSA-2020-1769 | 2020-05-05 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2020-0041 | 2020-09-03 |
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