Upstream information

CVE-2012-6698 at MITRE

Description

The decode_search function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 3.x allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted response.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 5 8.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network Network
Access Complexity Low Medium
Authentication None Single
Confidentiality Impact None Complete
Integrity Impact None Complete
Availability Impact Partial Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 955762 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • dhcpcd >= 3.2.3-45.5.3
 Patchnames:
sledsp3-dhcpcd-12241
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
  • dhcpcd >= 3.2.3-45.5.3
 Patchnames:
sledsp4-dhcpcd-12241
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
  • dhcpcd >= 3.2.3-45.5.3
 Patchnames:
slessp2-dhcpcd-12241
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
  • dhcpcd >= 3.2.3-45.5.3
 Patchnames:
slessp3-dhcpcd-12241
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
  • dhcpcd >= 3.2.3-45.5.3
 Patchnames:
slessp4-dhcpcd-12241

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4-LTSS dhcpcd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS dhcpcd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 dhcpcd Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 dhcpcd Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Nov 19 09:16:31 2015
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 12:19:03 2024