Reachable Assertion in Kea - CVE-2019-6472

 

Reachable Assertion in Kea - CVE-2019-6472

Published: October 16, 2019 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33366
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6472
CWE-ID: CWE-617
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: ISC
Affected software:
Kea

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-6472

Install update from vendor's website.

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