CVE-2019-11578
Publication date 28 April 2019
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dhcpcd5 | 25.10 questing | Not in release |
| 25.04 plucky | Not in release | |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not in release | |
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 7.1.0-2
|
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 7.1.0-2
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Needs evaluation
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Other references
- 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
- https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11578