CVE-2024-42040 Affecting u-boot package, versions *
Threat Intelligence
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- published14 Nov 2024
- disclosed23 Aug 2024
Introduced: 23 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-42040 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 u-boot.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream u-boot package and not the u-boot package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the net/bootp.c in DENEX U-Boot from its initial commit in 2002 (3861aa5) up to today on any platform allows an attacker on the local network to leak memory from four up to 32 bytes of memory stored behind the packet to the network depending on the later use of DHCP-provided parameters via crafted DHCP responses.