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GLSA-201606-07 : dhcpcd: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91701

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201606-07 (dhcpcd: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 A heap overflow can be triggered via malformed DHCP responses in the print_option (via dhcp_envoption1) due to incorrect option length values.
 These vulnerabilities could also allow remote attackers to trigger an invalid read/crash via malformed DHCP responses.
 Impact :

 Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All dhcpcd users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcpcd-6.10.0”

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91701

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201606-07.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Published: 6/20/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dhcpcd, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1503, CVE-2016-1504

GLSA: 201606-07