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CVE-2019-8460

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.

CVSS 7.5 · HighBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
6.9
1 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
5.0
1 sources across 1 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
within the 30d window
Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
1 source links · newest first
  • TCP SACK Security Issue in OpenBSD – CVE-2019-8460Check Point Research

    Reuven Plevinsky and Tal Vainshtein Background Following the recent hype over the TCP networking vulnerabilities found by Netflix in Linux and FreeBSD, for which Check Point quickly responded and provided protection, we have researched several implementations of Selective ACK mechanism. One of these implementations was OpenBSD. OpenBSD is a free, open-source operating system based on […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comOct 22, 2019, 12:47 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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