CVE-2019-6473

Summary

CVECVE-2019-6473
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-10-16 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-21 18:50:00 UTC
DescriptionAn invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ics Kea 1.6.0 beta1 All All
Application Ics Kea 1.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Ics Kea 1.6.0 beta1 All All
Application Ics Kea 1.6.0 beta2 All All
Application Ics Kea All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2019-6473: An invalid hostname option can cause the kea-dhcp4 server to terminate - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 501024 Alpine Linux Security Update for kea
  • 504037 Alpine Linux Security Update for kea
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