CVE-2014-6060
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The 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.
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affected products (79)
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references (23)
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- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0334.htmlcnnvd
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/1d2b93aa5ce25a8a710082fe2d36a6bf7f5794d5?sbs=0cnnvd
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:171cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/01/11cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68970cnnvd
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.462420cnnvd
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0334.htmlenisa_euvd
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