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CVE-2019-6473

MEDIUM
Published 2019-10-16T17:22:16.730038Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
6.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.007
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.7% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.705
Higher than 70.5% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

ISC

Kea

Affected Versions:

1.4.0 to 1.5.0 1.6.0-beta1 1.6.0-beta2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-5gvx-v2fm-q3fv

Advisory Details

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6473
WEB https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6473

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 24, 2022, Modified: April 4, 2024

References

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6473
Published: 2019-10-16T17:22:16.730038Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T22:30:41.265Z
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