CVE-2019-11578

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Published Apr 28, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

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

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-3248	auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (2.045% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108090
https://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/0002415.html
https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=7121040790b611ca3fbc400a1bbcd4364ef57233
https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=aee631aadeef4283c8a749c1caf77823304acf5e
https://roy.marples.name/git/dhcpcd.git/commit/?id=cfde89ab66cb4e5957b1c4b68ad6a9449e2784da

History

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Subscriptions

Dhcpcd Project Dhcpcd

Weaknesses

CWE-203

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:55 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 28, 2019, 3:22 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 10:55 PM
Reserved: Apr 28, 2019, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 28, 2019, 4:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:13 AM

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