7.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2012-6699

Published: 11/04/2016 Updated: 13/04/2016
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The decode_search function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 3.x allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted response.

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Vendor Advisories

Guido Vranken discovered several vulnerabilities in dhcpcd, a DHCP client, which may result in denial of service For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:323-11+deb7u1 We recommend that you upgrade your dhcpcd packages ...