Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201606-7 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in dhcpcd allowing remote attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Versions less than 6.10.0 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201606-07
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: dhcpcd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 18, 2016
Bugs: #571152
ID: 201606-07
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in dhcpcd allowing remote
attackers to possibly execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of
Service.
Background
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A fully featured, yet light weight RFC2131 compliant DHCP client
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/dhcpcd < 6.10.0 >= 6.10.0
Description
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A heap overflow can be trigged 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
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Remote attackers could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or cause Denial of Service.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All dhcpcd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dhcpcd-6.10.0”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-1503
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1503
[ 2 ] CVE-2016-1504
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-1504
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5