MGASA-2016-0034

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    MGASA-2016-0034

    Published: 21 Jan 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated dhcpcd packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Possible heap overflow in dhcpcd before 6.10.0 caused by malformed dhcp responses due to incorrect option length values (CVE-2016-1503). Possible invalid read in dhcpcd before 6.10.0 caused by malformed dhcp responses can lead to a crash (CVE-2016-1504). The dhcpcd package has been updated to version 6.10.0 which fixes these issues and has several other bug fixes and enhancements.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0034.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17462, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1001.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1004.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1012.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1018.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1058.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1089.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1093.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2015/1129.html, http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2016/1143.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/4

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dhcpcd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/dhcpcd?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.10.0-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High