dhcpcd up to 6.11.6/7.2.1 dhcp6.c memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in dhcpcd up to 6.11.6/7.2.1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some processing of the file dhcp6.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2019. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-11766 since 05/05/2019. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/05/2019).

Upgrading to version 6.11.7 or 7.2.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

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Class: Memory corruption (CWE-119)
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Upgrade: dhcpcd 6.11.7/7.2.2

05/05/2019 Advisory disclosed
05/05/2019 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/05/2019 +0 days CVE assigned
05/05/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-11766 (?)Created: 05/05/2019 01:45 PM
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