CVE-2019-15916 — Vulnetix

CVE-2019-15916 PUBLISHED

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.1. There is a memory leak in register_queue_kobjects() in net/core/net-sysfs.c, which will cause denial of service.

EPSS 2.56% · 85.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

2.56%

85.8th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS	linux-aws-fips	0, 4.15.0-2000.4
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-gcp	4.15.0-1026.27, 4.15.0-1019.20, 4.15.0-1033.35
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS	linux-azure-fips	4.15.0-1002.2, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	linux-realtime	5.15.0-1032.35, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	linux-intel-iot-realtime	5.15.0-1073.75, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	linux-gke	5.4.0-1044.46, 5.4.0-1042.44, 5.4.0-1036.38
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-snapdragon	4.4.0-1084.89, 0, 4.4.0-1013.14
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	4.15.0-1034.36, 4.15.0-1036.38, 4.15.0-1037.39
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux	4.15.0-46.49, 4.15.0-45.48, 4.15.0-44.47
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-raspi2	4.4.0-1044.51, 4.4.0-1092.100, 4.4.0-1094.102
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-gke-4.15	0, 4.15.0-1030.32, 4.15.0-1032.34
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS	linux-azure-fips	4.15.0-1002.2, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-hwe	4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1, *, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-kvm	4.15.0-1035.35, 4.15.0-1002.2, 4.15.0-1003.3
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS	linux-aws-fips	4.15.0-2000.4, 0
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	linux-snapdragon	4.4.0-1078.83, 4.15.0-1054.58, 4.15.0-1053.57
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	linux-raspi-realtime	0, 6.8.0-2019.20
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	linux-aws	4.4.0-1054.63, 4.4.0-1050.59, 4.4.0-1049.58
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-xenial	4.4.0-92.115~14.04.1, 4.4.0-91.114~14.04.1, 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	linux	3.13.0-53.89, 0, 3.11.0-12.19

…and 18 more

Exploit Intelligence

CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)
CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)
CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)
CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)
CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)
CVE-2008-5161 OpenSSH 4.7p1 Audit Helper Automates version checking and credential auditing of legacy OpenSSH 4.7p1 (Debian-8ubuntu1) targets by driving Metasploit’s auxiliary/scanner/ssh/ssh_login module from Python via pwntools. (github-poc)

Timeline

Sep 4, 2019 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15916 third-party-advisory
https://git.kernel.org/linus/895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab third-party-advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.1 third-party-advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=895a5e96dbd6386c8e78e5b78e067dcc67b7f0ab third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15916 third-party-advisory

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