{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2020-7461", "ASSIGNER": "secteam@freebsd.org", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "FreeBSD", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "FreeBSD 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, 11.3-RELEASE before p13" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:26.dhclient.asc", "url": "https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:26.dhclient.asc" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-288459.pdf", "url": "https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-288459.pdf" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "In FreeBSD 12.1-STABLE before r365010, 11.4-STABLE before r365011, 12.1-RELEASE before p9, 11.4-RELEASE before p3, and 11.3-RELEASE before p13, dhclient(8) fails to handle certain malformed input related to handling of DHCP option 119 resulting a heap overflow. The heap overflow could in principle be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The affected process runs with reduced privileges in a Capsicum sandbox, limiting the immediate impact of an exploit." } ] } }