UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11578

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11578
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11578.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11578
Upstream
Published
2019-04-28T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:38Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / dhcpcd5

Package

Name
dhcpcd5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dhcpcd5@6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.5.6-1

6.*

6.0.5-1ubuntu1
6.0.5-1.1
6.0.5-2build0.14.04.1
6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd5",
            "binary_version": "6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dhcpcd5

Package

Name
dhcpcd5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dhcpcd5@6.10.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.9.1-1
6.9.3-1
6.10.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd5",
            "binary_version": "6.10.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / dhcpcd5

Package

Name
dhcpcd5
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dhcpcd5@6.11.5-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.11.5-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dhcpcd5",
            "binary_version": "6.11.5-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}