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CVE-2019-5108

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-5108 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to mainline 5.3, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Oracle. An unauthenticated attacker within proximity can exploit this by sending crafted IAPP location updates, leading to CAM table attacks or traffic flapping. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires adjacent network access and no user interaction, resulting in high availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1011 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,802 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1127.19.1.rt56.1116.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1127.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.19.1.el7a
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-193.rt13.51.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-193.el8
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-5108Moderate

kernel: triggering AP to send IAPP location updates for stations before the required authentication process has completed can lead to DoS

Dec 11, 2019

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156455/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0063-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
git.kernel.org / linus/3e493173b7841259a08c5c8e5cbe90adb349da7e
Mailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20200204-0002
Third Party Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0900
ExploitThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4285-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4286-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4286-2
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4287-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4287-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4698
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory