CVE-2018-15688
Public on 2018-10-26
Modified on 2019-02-14
Description
It was discovered that systemd-network does not correctly keep track of a buffer size when constructing DHCPv6 packets. This flaw may lead to an integer underflow that can be used to produce an heap-based buffer overflow. A malicious host on the same network segment as the victim's one may advertise itself as a DHCPv6 server and exploit this flaw to cause a Denial of Service or potentially gain code execution on the victim's machine.
Severity
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | NetworkManager | 2019-01-07 | ALAS2-2019-1144 | Fixed |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | systemd | 2019-02-13 | ALAS2-2019-1160 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |