Memory Leak Vulnerability in openSUSE Wicked Network Management
CVE-2020-7216

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Opensuse
Status
Wicked
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 February 2020

What is CVE-2020-7216?

A memory leak vulnerability exists in the DHCP packet parsing process of openSUSE's Wicked network management service. Specifically, versions 0.6.55 and earlier are susceptible to this flaw, where the absence of a message type option in incoming DHCP4 packets can be exploited by remote attackers. By leveraging this vulnerability, it may lead to a denial of service condition, potentially disrupting network services. This vulnerability highlights the importance of properly managing DHCP communications within network environments.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020...
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160905
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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