glsa-201409-03.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201409-03">
  <title>dhcpcd: Denial of service</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in dhcpcd can lead to a Denial of Service
    condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">dhcpcd</product>
  <announced>2014-09-03</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-09-03</revised>
  <bug>518596</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/dhcpcd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">6.4.3</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">6.4.3</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>dhcpcd is a fully featured, yet light weight RFC2131 compliant DHCP
      client. 
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A vulnerability has been discovered in dhcpcd. A malicious dhcp server
      can set flags as part of the dhcp reply that can cause a Denial of
      Service condition.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker can cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All dhcpcd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/dhcpcd-6.4.3"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-6060">CVE-2014-6060</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-08-01T20:16:47Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-09-03T15:31:47Z">Zlogene</metadata>
</glsa>