CVE-2020-7461 (GCVE-0-2020-7461)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 20:55 – Updated: 2024-08-04 09:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8) fails to handle certain malformed input related to handling of DHCP option 119 resulting a heap overflow. The heap overflow could in principle be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The affected process runs with reduced privileges in a Capsicum sandbox, limiting the immediate impact of an exploit.
Severity
7.3 (High)
CWE
- Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
2 references
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|---|---|
| https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-S… | x_refsource_MISC |
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