FKIE_CVE-2012-6700

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-11 15:59 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The decode_search function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 3.x does not properly free allocated memory, which allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service via a crafted response.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3534
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/1517226
cve@mitre.orghttps://launchpadlibrarian.net/228152582/dhcp.c.patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3534
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/1517226
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpadlibrarian.net/228152582/dhcp.c.patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 7.0
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd 3.1.9
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd 3.2.0
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd 3.2.1
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd 3.2.2
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd 3.2.3
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