CVE-2019-6473

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate

Medium · published October 16, 2019

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
65.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01122 · 65.9th percentile
Published
2019-10-16T17:22Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 17:22Z
    A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate
    cvelistv5