ArchLinux: 202107-29: systemd: denial of service
Summary
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.
Resolution
Upgrade to 249-2.
# pacman -Syu "systemd>=249-2"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 249.
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
Workaround
None.