PT-2014-7021 · Roy Marples+1 · Dhcpcd+1

Tobias Stoeckmann · Published 2014-09-04 · Updated 2016-06-23 · CVE-2014-6060

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dhcpcd versions 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3

Description The issue allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service by resetting the DHO OPTIONSOVERLOADED option in the bootfile or servername section, which triggers the option to be processed again. This is related to the get option function.

Recommendations For dhcpcd versions 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3, update to version 6.4.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2234

CVE-2014-6060

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Dhcpcd

References · 18

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-6060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6060 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6060 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-2234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-6060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6060 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6060 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6060 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/01/11 · Note
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.462420 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/5 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/68970 · Note
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0334.html · Note