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CVE-2019-11579

Published: 28 April 2019

dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a 1-byte read overflow with DHO_OPTSOVERLOADED.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that dhcpcd did not properly bound certain operations. An attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
dhcpcd5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (7.1.0-2)
focal
Released (7.1.0-2)
groovy
Released (7.1.0-2)
hirsute
Released (7.1.0-2)
impish
Released (7.1.0-2)
jammy
Released (7.1.0-2)
kinetic
Released (7.1.0-2)
lunar
Released (7.1.0-2)
mantic Does not exist

trusty
Released (6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream
Released (7.1.0-2)
xenial Needed

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N