CVE-2019-6474

A packet containing a malformed DUID can cause the kea-dhcp6 server to terminate

Published Oct 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 5.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A missing check on incoming client requests can be exploited to cause a situation where the Kea server's lease storage contains leases which are rejected as invalid when the server tries to load leases from storage on restart. If the number of such leases exceeds a hard-coded limit in the Kea code, a server trying to restart will conclude that there is a problem with its lease store and give up. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to a version of Kea containing a fix, available via https://www.isc.org/downloads. - Kea 1.4.0-P2 - Kea 1.5.0-P1 - Kea 1.6.0

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-16034 A missing check on incoming client requests can be exploited to cause a situation where the Kea server's lease storage contains leases which are rejected as invalid when the server tries to load leases from storage on restart. If the number of such leases exceeds a hard-coded limit in the Kea code, a server trying to restart will conclude that there is a problem with its lease store and give up. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2
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History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
isc
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:19 PM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 16, 2019, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:39 AM