SB2019082008 - Denial of service in ISC DHCP
Published: August 20, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019082008
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6470)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a double deletion issue of released addresses in the DHCPv6 code. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send specially crafted DHCP message to the affected system and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.