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CVE-2019-3819

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Date: January 25, 2019

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged user ("root") can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are vulnerable.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00052.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106730
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3819
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-3819
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3819
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3819
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-3819

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CWE-835

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CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV):
Attack Complexity (AC):
Privileges Required (PR):
User Interaction (UI):
Scope (S):
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV):
Access Complexity (AC):
Authentication (AU):
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH
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