DSA-5416-1 connman -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5416-1 connman -- security update

Date Reported:

31 May 2023

Affected Packages:

connman

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1034393.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2023-28488.

More information:

It was discovered that there was a potential buffer overflow and denial of service vulnerabilty in the gdhcp client implementation of connman, a command-line network manager designed for use on embedded devices.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.36-2.2+deb11u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your connman packages.

For the detailed security status of connman please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/connman