Stack Buffer Overflow in FreeBSD bootpd

CVE-2018-17161 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r348229), 11.2-RELEASE-p7, 12.0-STABLE(r342228), and 12.0-RELEASE-p1, insufficient validation of network-provided data in bootpd may make it possible for a malicious attacker to craft a bootp packet which could cause a stack buffer overflow. It is possible that the buffer overflow could lead to a Denial of Service or remote code execution.

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