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CVE-2019-6473 (GCVE-0-2019-6473)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-10-16 17:22 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:30
VLAI
Title
A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate
Summary
An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.
CWE
  • An attacker who is able to deliberately exploit this vulnerability can cause the kea-dhcp4 server to stop executing, resulting in denial of service to clients. Only the DHCPv4 service is affected by this vulnerability.
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6473 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ISC Kea Affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0
Affected: 1.6.0-beta1
Affected: 1.6.0-beta2
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Date Public
2019-08-28 00:00
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