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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:30:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2018-5391: Linux kernel: IP fragments with random offsets allow
 a remote denial of service (FragmentSmack)

Heololo,

A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled
reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could
use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly
algorithms by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU
saturation and hence a denial of service on the system.

External References:

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/641765

https://access.redhat.com/articles/3553061

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1609664

Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | Product Security Engineer

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