Medium severity · published Oct 16, 2019
CVE-2019-6472
A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the Kea DHCPv6 server process (kea-dhcp6) to exit due to an assertion failure. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kea · Isc
1.4.0 through 1.5.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6472
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6472
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6472
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