| Name | CVE-2018-15688 |
| Description | A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. Affected releases are systemd: versions up to and including 239. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1580-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 912008 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| network-manager (PTS) | jessie | 0.9.10.0-7 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.6.2-3+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 1.14.4-4 | fixed | |
| systemd (PTS) | jessie | 215-17+deb8u7 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 215-17+deb8u8 | fixed | |
| stretch | 232-25+deb9u6 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u8 | fixed | |
| buster | 240-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 240-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| network-manager | source | (unstable) | 1.14.4-2 | high | ||
| network-manager | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| network-manager | source | stretch | 1.6.2-3+deb9u2 | high | ||
| systemd | source | (unstable) | 239-11 | high | 912008 | |
| systemd | source | jessie | 215-17+deb8u8 | high | DLA-1580-1 | |
| systemd | source | stretch | 232-25+deb9u6 | high |
[jessie] - network-manager <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639067
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1795921
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/49653743f69658aeeebdb14faf1ab158f1f2cb20
systemd-networkd not enabled by default in Debian
NetworkManager: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=01ca2053bbea09f35b958c8cc7631e15469acb79