vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2018-15688
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Oct 26, 2018 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 26, 2018
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. Affected releases are systemd: versions up to and including 239.
Solution
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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