CVE-2016-1504 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

dhcpcd before 6.10.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via vectors related to the option length.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01871.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Dhcpcd Project	Dhcpcd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/595883e2a431f65d8fabf33059aa4689cca17403
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline?r=trunk&nd&c=2016-01-07+16%3A47%3A19&n=200
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-07T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:55:14.831Z

Reserved: 2016-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1504

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-07T15:59:00.210

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-1504

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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