CVE-2016-1503
Description
dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.10.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 6.10.1-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpcd_project | dhcpcd | {"endIncluding":"6.9.4"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1503.html
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034601
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/dhcpcd/+/1390ace71179f04a09c300ee8d0300aa69d9db09
- https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05388711
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-07
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1503
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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