CVE-2020-13529
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.1 Medium
- Published
- May 10, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- May 26, 2020
Description
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.1 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H | talos |
Weaknesses
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Systemdn/a |
|
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1142
- GLSA-202107-48vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-166e461c8dvendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20210804 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210817 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210907 Re: Pop!_OS Membership to linux-distros listmailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0005/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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