Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed RFC1035-encoded domain name, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap write.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-2147 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score | 2.6 |
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Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Access Vector | Network |
Access Complexity | High |
Authentication | None |
Confidentiality Impact | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | busybox | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | busybox | Will not fix |