PT-2014-9139 · Roy Marples · Dhcpcd

Published 2014-08-18 · Updated 2014-08-18

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dhcpcd versions prior to 6.4.3

Description A denial of service issue exists where a specially crafted packet from a malicious DHCP server can cause dhcpcd to enter an infinite loop.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.4.3, update to version 6.4.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Related Identifiers

MGASA-2014-0334

Affected Products

Dhcpcd

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0334 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0334.html · Security Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13860 · Note
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.462420 · Note