CVE-2012-6698 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2012-6698?

CVE-2012-6698 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The decode_search function in dhcp.c in dhcpcd 3.x allows remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted response.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6698?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6698?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2012-6698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-6698, GHSA-f23j-rq7h-2f39.