Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 3, 2019· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-17161
CVE-2018-17161
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r348229), 11.2-RELEASE-p7, 12.0-STABLE(r342228), and 12.0-RELEASE-p1, insufficient validation of network-provided data in bootpd may make it possible for a malicious attacker to craft a bootp packet which could cause a stack buffer overflow. It is possible that the buffer overflow could lead to a Denial of Service or remote code execution.
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Affected products
2- Range: before 11.2-STABLE(r348229), 11.2-RELEASE-p7, 12.0-STABLE(r342228), 12.0-RELEASE-p1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:15.bootpd.ascmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106292mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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