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01 Record

CVE-2019-11479

Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: canonical
CNA base score5.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

02 Description

Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fragment TCP resend queues significantly more than if a larger MSS were enforced. A

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
91.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2019-06-18 23:34Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-09-16 23:22Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2019-04-23
Assigning CNA
canonical
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 5.3)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Weaknesses
  • CWE-405Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)Class
  • CWE-770Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingBase
  • CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
345656eefc782a33c9120af536cc73114357771233d30b911b73bbe1fdeeb2d7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
LinuxLinux kernel4.4 to < 4.4.182, 4.9 to < 4.9.182, 4.14 to < 4.14.127, 4.19 to < 4.19.52, 5.1 to < 5.1.11—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • linux
    Fixed in 5.1.11.arch1-1
  • linux-hardened
    Fixed in 5.1.11.a-1
  • linux-lts
    Fixed in 4.19.52-1
  • linux-zen
    Fixed in 5.1.11.zen1-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.37-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.37-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.19.37-4

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.4.0-154.181
  • linux-aws
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1087.98
  • linux-aws-hwe
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1043.45~16.04.1
  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1049.54
  • linux-gcp
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1036.38~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe
    Fixed in 4.15.0-54.58~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1051.58
  • linux-oracle
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1017.19~16.04.2
  • linux-raspi2
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1114.123
  • linux-snapdragon
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1118.124

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • linux
    Fixed in 4.15.0-54.58
  • linux-aws
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1043.45
  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.18.0-1023.24~18.04.1
  • linux-gcp
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1036.38
  • linux-gcp-edge
    Fixed in 4.18.0-1015.16~18.04.1
  • linux-gke-4.15
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1036.38
  • linux-hwe
    Fixed in 4.18.0-25.26~18.04.1
  • linux-hwe-edge
    Fixed in 5.0.0-20.21~18.04.1
  • linux-kvm
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1038.38
  • linux-oem
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1045.50
  • linux-oracle
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1017.19
  • linux-raspi2
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1040.43
  • linux-snapdragon
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1057.62

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

  • linux-azure-fde
    No fix yet
  • linux-gke
    No fix yet
  • linux-raspi2
    No fix yet
  • linux-riscv
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • linux-intel-iot-realtime
    No fix yet
  • linux-realtime
    No fix yet
  • linux-riscv
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  • linux-raspi-realtime
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS

  • linux
    No fix yet
  • linux-aws
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1054.58
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
  • linux-azure
    Fixed in 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
  • linux-lts-xenial
    Fixed in 4.4.0-164.192~14.04.1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • linux-azure-fde-5.15
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS

  • linux-fips
    Fixed in 4.4.0-1013.17
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.