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CVE-2020-13529

Published: May 10, 2021

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.1

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

Systemd

affected
Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Systemd 245

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-290

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

GLSA-202107-48
vendor-advisory
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FEDORA-2021-166e461c8d
vendor-advisory
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