Upstream information
Description
dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 10 | 6.8 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low | Medium |
| Authentication | None | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Complete | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Complete | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 9.8 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 |
Note from the SUSE Security Team
The issue only affects dhcpcd 5 versions, not the older version 3 ones. SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and older are unaffected by this problem: SUSE Bugzilla entry: 963550 [RESOLVED / INVALID] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore. | ||
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 | dhcpcd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 | dhcpcd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 | dhcpcd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS | dhcpcd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | dhcpcd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS | dhcpcd | Not affected |
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Thu Jan 7 18:15:29 2016CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 19:07:33 2023