CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-6700
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• 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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3534 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/1 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/1517226 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/228152582/dhcp.c.patch launchpadlibrarian.net
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3534 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/03/1 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/1517226 bugs.launchpad.net
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/228152582/dhcp.c.patch launchpadlibrarian.net