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
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.8
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