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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-11578
auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets...
Vulnerability Description
auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html
- https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233
- https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da
- https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.