[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201409-03 ] dhcpcd: Denial of service

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201409-03

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: Normal

Title: dhcpcd: Denial of service

Date: September 03, 2014

Bugs: #518596

ID: 201409-03

 

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Synopsis

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A vulnerability in dhcpcd can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

 

Background

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dhcpcd is 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 < 6.4.3 >= 6.4.3

 

Description

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A vulnerability has been discovered in dhcpcd. A malicious dhcp server

can set flags as part of the dhcp reply that can cause a Denial of

Service condition.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition.

 

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-6.4.3"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-6060

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6060

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201409-03.xml

 

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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 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