Subject: [ASA-202107-29] systemd: denial of service Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202107-29 ========================================== Severity: Low Date : 2021-07-14 CVE-ID : CVE-2020-13529 Package : systemd Type : denial of service Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1935 Summary ======= The package systemd before version 249-2 is vulnerable to denial of service. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 249-2. # pacman -Syu "systemd>=249-2" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 249. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in systemd- networkd before version 249. A maliciously crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server. Impact ====== A network-adjacent attacker could reconfigure the networking properties of a device running systemd-networkd through crafted DHCP packets. References ========== https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1142 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/16774 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/20002 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/38e980a6a5a3442c2f48b1f827284388096d8ca5 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-13529