CVE-2019-11577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a buffer overflow in dhcp6_findna in dhcp6.c when reading NA/TA addresses.

Published: 2019-04-28

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 53.1% High

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-3247	dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a buffer overflow in dhcp6_findna in dhcp6.c when reading NA/TA addresses.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.53095.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090
https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html
https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=8d11b33f6c60e2db257130fa383ba76b6018bcf6

History

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Subscriptions

Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-04-28T15:22:10.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T22:55:41.065Z

Reserved: 2019-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-11577

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-28T16:29:00.233

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:13:11.577

Link: CVE-2019-11577

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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