Description
Passing of unsanitized strings from DHCP replies into the wicked dhcp client before wicked 0.6.79 could be used by attackers operating a malicious DHCP server to execute code on the local machine.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
SUSE wicked
Default version status: unaffected
0 to < 0.6.79affected
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265221 ↗
- https://github.com/openSUSE/wicked/releases/tag/version-0.6.79 ↗
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026688.html ↗
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026689.html ↗
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026690.html ↗
- https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2026-June/026691.html ↗