CVE-2019-6472 describes an assertion failure vulnerability in the Kea DHCPv6 server (kea-dhcp6) versions 1.4.0 to 1.5.0, and 1.6.0-beta1/beta2, triggered by a malformed DUID in a received packet, leading to a denial of service. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) is network-adjacent, low complexity, and requires no user interaction or privileges, resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.4.0, <= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:kea:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:kea:1.6.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:kea:1.6.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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