| Name | CVE-2018-15688 |
| Description | A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. Affected releases are systemd: versions up to and including 239. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1580-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 912008 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| network-manager (PTS) | jessie | 0.9.10.0-7 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.6.2-3+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.14.6-2+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.30.6-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.42.4-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.46.0-1 | fixed |
| systemd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 215-17+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u14 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 232-25+deb9u16 | fixed |
| buster | 241-7~deb10u8 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 252.22-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 255.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - network-manager <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639067
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1795921
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/49653743f69658aeeebdb14faf1ab158f1f2cb20
systemd-networkd not enabled by default in Debian
NetworkManager: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/commit/?id=01ca2053bbea09f35b958c8cc7631e15469acb79
[wheezy] - systemd <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced later.)