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title: "CVE-2014-6060\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6060

Publication date 4 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The get\_option function in dhcpcd 4.0.0 through 6.x before 6.4.3 allows
remote DHCP servers to cause a denial of service by resetting the
DHO\_OPTIONSOVERLOADED option in the (1) bootfile or (2) servername section,
which triggers the option to be processed again.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that dhcpcd incorrectly handled DHO\_OPTIONSOVERLOADED
option. An attaacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6060?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dhcpcd | 18.10 cosmic | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release |
| 17.10 artful | Not in release |
| 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| dhcpcd5 | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 6.0.5-2build0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

Affects dhcpcd 4.0.0 to 6.4.2

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6060)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6060)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6060)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6060)

### Other references

* <http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/1d2b93aa5ce25a8a710082fe2d36a6bf7f5794d5?sbs=0>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6060>