[Secure-testing-team] Bug#810621: dhcpcd5: CVE-2016-1503: heap overflow via malformed dhcp responses in print_option (via dhcp_envoption1) due to incorrect option length values

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: dhcpcd5
Version: 6.9.3-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for dhcpcd5.

CVE-2016-1503[0]:
|heap overflow via malformed dhcp responses in print_option (via
|dhcp_envoption1) due to incorrect option length values

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1503
[1] http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/info/76a1609352263bd9def1300d7ba990679571fa30

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore