UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11578

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11578

    Published: 28 Apr 2019Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-11578

    Summary:

    Details: auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11578, https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233, https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da, https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e, https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11578

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dhcpcd5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.5.6-1

    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
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