What is CVE-2019-6473?

CVE-2019-6473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isc Kea. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2019-6473?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Isc Kea

CVE-2019-6473

An invalid hostname option can trigger an assertion failure in the Kea DHCPv4 server process (kea-dhcp4), causing the server process to exit. Versions affected: 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, and 1.6.0-beta2.

EPSS: 0.003 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Isc Kea — versions 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, 1.6.0-beta1, 1.6.0-beta2

References

kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6473 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6473?: CVE-2019-6473 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isc Kea. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2019-6473?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.