CVE-2019-6472

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6472

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`1.8.0-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.7.5-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.7.5-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.7.5-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.7.5-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-6472

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.