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SUSE: CVE-2018-5732: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-5732: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/01/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/21/2018
Modified
06/20/2021

Description

Failure to properly bounds-check a buffer used for processing DHCP options allows a malicious server (or an entity masquerading as a server) to cause a buffer overflow (and resulting crash) in dhclient by sending a response containing a specially constructed options section. Affects ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-dhcp
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-client
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-devel
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-relay
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-server

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0810-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0810-2
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0812-1
  • CVE-2018-5732
  • USN-3586-1
  • USN-3586-2

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