Reachable Assertion Affecting kea package, versions <1.7.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-KEA-7009529
  • published23 May 2024
  • disclosed16 Oct 2019

Introduced: 16 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-6473  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 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:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1