CVE-2020-7217

Summary

CVECVE-2020-7217
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-11 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-01 19:58:00 UTC
DescriptionAn ni_dhcp4_fsm_process_dhcp4_packet memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets with a different client-id.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Wicked All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Releases · openSUSE/wicked · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Bug 1160906 – VUL-1: CVE-2020-7217: wicked: memory leak in DHCP4 fsm when processing packets for other client ids MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2020-7217 | SUSE MISC www.suse.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0207-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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