Reachable Assertion Affecting kea package, versions <1.7.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-KEA-1928993
  • published29 Aug 2019
  • disclosed16 Oct 2019

Introduced: 29 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-6472  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 kea to version 1.7.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kea package and not the kea package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CVSS Scores

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