CVE-2014-6060

Summary

CVECVE-2014-6060
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-04 17:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe get_option function in dhcpcd 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3 allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service by resetting the DHO_OPTIONSOVERLOADED option in the (1) bootfile or (2) servername section, which triggers the option to be processed again.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta5 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta6 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta7 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta8 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 beta9 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 rc4 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.0 rc5 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.10 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.11 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.12 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.13 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.14 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.15 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 4.0.7 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.7 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.8 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.0.9 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.1.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.10 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.11 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.12 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.7 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.8 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.2.9 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.1 test1 All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.5.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.7 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.6.8 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.6 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 5.99.7 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.3 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.4 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.0.5 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.1.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.2.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.2.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.3.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.3.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.3.2 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.4.0 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.4.1 All All All
Application Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd 6.4.2 All All All
Operating System Google Android All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
dhcpcd: Check-in [1d2b93aa5c] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 roy.marples.name
Nexus Security Bulletin—April 2016 | Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:171 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com Patch
oss-security - CVE Request: dhcpcd DoS attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
dhcpcd 'dhcp.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: dhcpcd DoS attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0334 - Updated dhcpcd package fixes security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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