CVE-2019-6470 Affecting dhclient package, versions <12:4.2.5-77.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-DHCLIENT-2538293
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed1 Nov 2019

Introduced: 1 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-6470  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 dhclient to version 12:4.2.5-77.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2060.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhclient package and not the dhclient package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

There had existed in one of the ISC BIND libraries a bug in a function that was used by dhcpd when operating in DHCPv6 mode. There was also a bug in dhcpd relating to the use of this function per its documentation, but the bug in the library function prevented this from causing any harm. All releases of dhcpd from ISC contain copies of this, and other, BIND libraries in combinations that have been tested prior to release and are known to not present issues like this. Some third-party packagers of ISC software have modified the dhcpd source, BIND source, or version matchup in ways that create the crash potential. Based on reports available to ISC, the crash probability is large and no analysis has been done on how, or even if, the probability can be manipulated by an attacker. Affects: Builds of dhcpd versions prior to version 4.4.1 when using BIND versions 9.11.2 or later, or BIND versions with specific bug fixes backported to them. ISC does not have access to comprehensive version lists for all repackagings of dhcpd that are vulnerable. In particular, builds from other vendors may also be affected. Operators are advised to consult their vendor documentation.

CVSS Scores

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