Memory Leak Vulnerability in openSUSE Wicked Product
CVE-2020-7217

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Opensuse
Status
Wicked
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 February 2020

What is CVE-2020-7217?

A memory leak vulnerability exists in the openSUSE Wicked network management service versions 0.6.55 and earlier. This issue allows remote attackers to exploit the service by sending specially crafted DHCP4 packets with altered client-ids, potentially causing a denial of service. As a result, system resources may become depleted, leading to impaired network performance and availability.

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160906
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https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7217/
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https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases
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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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