CVE-2019-8460

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenbsd
PublishedAug 26, 2019
First seenAug 26, 2019
Weakness typeCWE-1049CWE-1049

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openbsd openbsdv ≤ 6.5—

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