CVE-2020-7461

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8)…

published March 26, 2021

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8) fails to handle certain malformed input related to handling of DHCP option 119 resulting a heap overflow. The heap overflow could in principle be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The affected process runs with reduced privileges in a Capsicum sandbox, limiting the immediate impact of an exploit.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04126 · 90.8th percentile
Published
2021-03-26T20:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 MAR 20:55Z
    In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8)…
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