
CVE catalog
CVE-2019-11579
dhcpcd5: CVE-2019-11579
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.41% · Oct 25, 2026
dhcp.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 contains a 1-byte read overflow with DHO_OPTSOVERLOADED.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dhcpcd5 | bookworm | 9.4.1-24~deb12u5 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 5.5.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-2build0.14.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | pro | 6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | 16.04 | 6.9.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | 16.04 | 6.9.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | 16.04 | 6.10.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | 18.04 | 6.11.5-0ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dhcpcd5 | source | bookworm | 7.1.0-2 | low | Not reported | [928104] |
| Ubuntu | dhcpcd5 | deb | pro | 6.0.5-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1~esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11579 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [dhcpcd5]Fixed
Source package: [dhcpcd]
Details (4)
9.4.1-24~deb12u5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.1.0-2dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
9.4.1-24~deb12u5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
7.1.0-2dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
1:10.1.0-11~bpo12+3· all · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
7.1.0-2dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
1:10.1.0-11~bpo12+3· all · bookworm-backportsFixed · Fixed:
7.1.0-2dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · bookworm; dsa · dhcpcd5 · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11579]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1793-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11579]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11579]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-11579.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]