Resource management error in dhcpcd - CVE-2014-6060
Published: September 4, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41352
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-6060
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: roy.marples.name
Affected software:
dhcpcd
dhcpcd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The get_option function in dhcpcd 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3 allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service by resetting the DHO_OPTIONSOVERLOADED option in the (1) bootfile or (2) servername section, which triggers the option to be processed again.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-6060
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0334.html
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/1d2b93aa5ce25a8a710082fe2d36a6bf7f5794d5?sbs=0
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:171
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/01/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68970
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.462420