CVE-2012-2152
Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_packet method in socket.c in dhcpcd 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long packet.
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the get_packet method in socket.c in dhcpcd 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long packet.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-25 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 16e237471ae0b8aca94c853138edb7fc8dad02ef61c255864f013ff6b712b230
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-2498http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2498
- www.securityfocus.com53354http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53354
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760334
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120502 Re: CVE Request: dhcpcd 3.2.3 remote stack overflow / denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120502 CVE Request: dhcpcd 3.2.3 remote stack overflow / denial of servicehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/4
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- dhcpcd Fixed in 1:3.2.3-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dhcpcd Fixed in 1:3.2.3-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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