CVE-2019-11578

auth.c in dhcpcd before 7.2.1 allowed attackers to infer secrets by performing latency attacks.

Published: 2019-04-28 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-11578 is rated Moderate Risk (51.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-11578

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-16 1.60% 1.27% -0.33%
2 2026-05-12 0.45% 1.60% +1.15%
3 2026-03-29 — 0.45% —

Full EPSS history (19 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-11578

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-11578

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-11578

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2019-11578 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dhcpcd5), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bookworm, bullseye): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-11578
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-11578/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-11578 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dhcpcd5), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 9, DNE 5, ignored 2, needed 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11578

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-11578

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dhcpcd_project dhcpcd < 7.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:dhcpcd_project:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-11578

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