| Name | CVE-2016-1503 |
| Description | dhcpcd before 6.10.0, as used in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-04-01 and other products, mismanages option lengths, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a malformed DHCP response, aka internal bug 26461634. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 810621 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpcd (PTS) | sid, trixie | 1:10.1.0-2 | fixed |
| dhcpcd5 (PTS) | bullseye | 7.1.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 9.4.1-24~deb12u4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dhcpcd | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| dhcpcd5 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| dhcpcd5 | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| dhcpcd5 | source | (unstable) | 6.10.1-1 | 810621 |
[jessie] - dhcpcd5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - dhcpcd5 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
- dhcpcd <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://dev.marples.name/rDHC1475a702df74b120db847991bc011e3441a045b8
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/3
dhcpcd 3.2.3-<rev> in squeeze and wheezy differ very much from dhcpcd5 in later Debian versions.