CVE-2019-16714 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2019-16714?

CVE-2019-16714 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 23 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel before 5.2.14, rds6_inc_info_copy in net/rds/recv.c allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory because tos and flags fields are not initialized.

Weakness: CWE-909

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16714?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2019-16714?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-16714 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16714 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-16714, GHSA-pv85-r7p2-8r62, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-16714.