UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15688

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-15688

    Published: 26 Oct 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-15688

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-15688, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3806-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3807-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15688

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: network-manager

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.3

    Affected versions

    1.0.4-0ubuntu5
    1.0.4-0ubuntu6
    1.0.4-0ubuntu7
    1.0.4-0ubuntu8
    1.0.4-0ubuntu9
    1.0.4-0ubuntu10

    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