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Mageia Linux Local Check: mgasa-2016-0034
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Mageia Linux Local Security Checks mgasa-2016-0034
Insight
Insight
Possible heap overflow in dhcpcd before 6.10.0 caused by malformed dhcp responses due to incorrect option length values (CVE-2016-1503). Possible invalid read in dhcpcd before 6.10.0 caused by malformed dhcp responses can lead to a crash (CVE-2016-1504). The dhcpcd package has been updated to version 6.10.0 which fixes these issues and has several other bug fixes and enhancements.
Solution
Solution
Update the affected packages to the latest available version.