Out-of-Bounds Affecting dhcpcd5 package, versions <7.1.0-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.77% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-DHCPCD5-514766
  • published28 Apr 2019
  • disclosed28 Apr 2019

Introduced: 28 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-11577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 dhcpcd5 to version 7.1.0-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhcpcd5 package and not the dhcpcd5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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