| CVE-2020-7461 | Date: (C)2021-03-29 (M)2023-12-22 |
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.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -| CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
| CVSS Score : 7.3 | CVSS Score : 7.5 |
| Exploit Score: 3.9 | Exploit Score: 10.0 |
| Impact Score: 3.4 | Impact Score: 6.4 |
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| CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
| Attack Vector: NETWORK | Access Vector: NETWORK |
| Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
| Privileges Required: NONE | Authentication: NONE |
| User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
| Scope: UNCHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
| Confidentiality: LOW | Availability: PARTIAL |
| Integrity: LOW | |
| Availability: LOW | |
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