# CVE-2020-13529: An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245.

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-05-10 · Updated: 2026-10-14

## Affected

- n/a Systemd: Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Systemd 245

## Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Systemd, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1142
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42TMJVNYRY65B4QCJICBYOEIVZV3KUYI/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/04/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/17/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/07/3
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210625-0005/

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