CVE-2020-13529

NameCVE-2020-13529
DescriptionAn 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
systemd (PTS)bullseye247.3-7+deb11u5vulnerable
bullseye (security)247.3-7+deb11u6vulnerable
bookworm252.30-1~deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie256.6-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
systemdsource(unstable)249.4-2unimportant

Notes

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

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