| Name | CVE-2020-13529 |
| Description | An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server. |
| 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) |
| NVD severity | low |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd (PTS) | stretch | 232-25+deb9u12 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u13 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 241-7~deb10u7 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u8 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 247.3-6 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm, sid | 247.9-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| systemd | source | experimental | 249~rc2-1 | |||
| systemd | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1142
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/16774
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1959397
Fixed by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/38e980a6a5a3442c2f48b1f827284388096d8ca5 (v249-rc2)
Generic DHCP protocol issue, negligible security impact