5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2019-11578
Dhcpcd Authentication Latency Attack
Description

auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.

INFO

Published Date :

April 28, 2019, 4:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:21 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-11578 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Dhcpcd_project dhcpcd

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-11578 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-11578 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090
    Added Reference https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html
    Added Reference https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233
    Added Reference https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e
    Added Reference https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-310 CWE-203
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da Patch, Third Party Advisory https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da Third Party Advisory
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html No Types Assigned https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e No Types Assigned https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233 No Types Assigned https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da No Types Assigned https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-310
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.2.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.97 }} 0.36%

score

0.83148

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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