ALAS2-2019-1346

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-6470  

There had existed in one of the ISC BIND libraries a bug in a function that was used by dhcpd when operating in DHCPv6 mode. There was also a bug in dhcpd relating to the use of this function per its documentation, but the bug in the library function prevented this from causing any harm. All releases of dhcpd from ISC contain copies of this, and other, BIND libraries in combinations that have been tested prior to release and are known to not present issues like this. Some third-party packagers of ISC software have modified the dhcpd source, BIND source, or version matchup in ways that create the crash potential. Based on reports available to ISC, the crash probability is large and no analysis has been done on how, or even if, the probability can be manipulated by an attacker. Affects: Builds of dhcpd versions prior to version 4.4.1 when using BIND versions 9.11.2 or later, or BIND versions with specific bug fixes backported to them. ISC does not have access to comprehensive version lists for all repackagings of dhcpd that are vulnerable. In particular, builds from other vendors may also be affected. Operators are advised to consult their vendor documentation.(CVE-2019-6470)

ALAS2-2019-1346


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1346
Advisory Release Date: 2019-11-04 22:05 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-11-07 00:27 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2019-6470 

Issue Overview:

There had existed in one of the ISC BIND libraries a bug in a function that was used by dhcpd when operating in DHCPv6 mode. There was also a bug in dhcpd relating to the use of this function per its documentation, but the bug in the library function prevented this from causing any harm. All releases of dhcpd from ISC contain copies of this, and other, BIND libraries in combinations that have been tested prior to release and are known to not present issues like this. Some third-party packagers of ISC software have modified the dhcpd source, BIND source, or version matchup in ways that create the crash potential. Based on reports available to ISC, the crash probability is large and no analysis has been done on how, or even if, the probability can be manipulated by an attacker. Affects: Builds of dhcpd versions prior to version 4.4.1 when using BIND versions 9.11.2 or later, or BIND versions with specific bug fixes backported to them. ISC does not have access to comprehensive version lists for all repackagings of dhcpd that are vulnerable. In particular, builds from other vendors may also be affected. Operators are advised to consult their vendor documentation.(CVE-2019-6470)


Affected Packages:

dhcp


Issue Correction:
Run yum update dhcp to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    dhcp-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dhclient-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dhcp-common-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dhcp-libs-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dhcp-devel-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dhcp-debuginfo-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.aarch64

i686:
    dhcp-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dhclient-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dhcp-common-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dhcp-libs-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dhcp-devel-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dhcp-debuginfo-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.i686

src:
    dhcp-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.src

x86_64:
    dhcp-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dhclient-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dhcp-common-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dhcp-libs-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dhcp-devel-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dhcp-debuginfo-4.2.5-77.amzn2.1.1.x86_64