CVE-2018-15688 Out-of-Bounds write in systemd-networkd dhcpv6 option handling

2018-10-2614:00:00

canonical

www.cve.org

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

ADJACENT

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.003

Percentile

70.2%

JSON

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. Affected releases are systemd: versions up to and including 239.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "systemd",
    "vendor": "systemd",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "239",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]