High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-7217
CVE-2020-7217
Description
An ni_dhcp4_fsm_process_dhcp4_packet memory leak in openSUSE wicked 0.6.55 and earlier allows network attackers to cause a denial of service by sending DHCP4 packets with a different client-id.
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Affected products
18- openSUSE/wickeddescription
- osv-coords15 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wicked&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/wicked&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wicked&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015
< 0.6.60-lp151.2.9.1+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-lp151.2.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.66-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-2.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-28.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-2.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.24.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-28.26.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-2.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.6.60-3.24.1
Patches
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References
4- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00011.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releasesnvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7217/nvdVendor Advisory
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