Re: [tcpm] TCP segment reassembly vulnerability

Caitlin Bestler <cait@asomi.com> Thu, 09 August 2018 20:12 UTC

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From: Caitlin Bestler <cait@asomi.com>
To: Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>, "tcpm@ietf.org Extensions" <tcpm@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [tcpm] TCP segment reassembly vulnerability
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My reading of the two citations show that the issue can be addressed
adequately by implementers already without the need for any guidance
from the IETF.


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From: tcpm <tcpm-bounces@ietf.org> on behalf of Loganaden Velvindron <loganaden@gmail.com>
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Subject: [tcpm] TCP segment reassembly vulnerability

It appears to be an issue on multiple implementations. AFAIK, it's due
to lack of limits for the reassembly logic when the segments enter the
queue.

FreeBSD:
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:08.tcp.asc

Linux:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=1a4f14bab1868b443f0dd3c55b689a478f82e72e

Perhaps it might be worth documenting those solutions and possible workarounds.


Thoughts ?

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