CVE-2019-6470

Medium

Description

There had existed in one of the ISC BIND libraries a bug in a function that was used by dhcpd when operating in DHCPv6 mode. There was also a bug in dhcpd relating to the use of this function per its documentation, but the bug in the library function prevented this from causing any harm. All releases of dhcpd from ISC contain copies of this, and other, BIND libraries in combinations that have been tested prior to release and are known to not present issues like this. Some third-party packagers of ISC software have modified the dhcpd source, BIND source, or version matchup in ways that create the crash potential. Based on reports available to ISC, the crash probability is large and no analysis has been done on how, or even if, the probability can be manipulated by an attacker. Affects: Builds of dhcpd versions prior to version 4.4.1 when using BIND versions 9.11.2 or later, or BIND versions with specific bug fixes backported to them. ISC does not have access to comprehensive version lists for all repackagings of dhcpd that are vulnerable. In particular, builds from other vendors may also be affected. Operators are advised to consult their vendor documentation.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIsc Dhcpd
PublishedNov 1, 2019
First seenNov 1, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • isc dhcpd4.4.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
isc dhcpdv < 4.4.14.4.1
redhat enterprise_linux8.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_eus8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_arm_648.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus8.1_aarch64, 8.2_aarch64, 8.4_aarch64, 8.6_aarch64, 8.8_aarch64—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems7.0, 8.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus8.1_s390x, 8.2_s390x, 8.4_s390x, 8.6_s390x, 8.8_s390x—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian7.0, 8.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus8.1_ppc64le, 8.2_ppc64le, 8.4_ppc64le, 8.6_ppc64le, 8.8_ppc64le—
redhat enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus8.2, 8.4, 8.6—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8—
redhat enterprise_linux_update_services_for_sap_solutions8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.6, 8.8—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation7.0—
opensuse leap15.0, 15.1—

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