NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting dhcp-server package, versions <12:4.3.6-49.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-DHCPSERVER-5608814
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed16 May 2023

Introduced: 16 May 2023

CVE-2022-2928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 dhcp-server to version 12:4.3.6-49.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:3000.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhcp-server package and not the dhcp-server package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function option_code_hash_lookup() is called from add_option(), it increases the option's refcount field. However, there is not a corresponding call to option_dereference() to decrement the refcount field. The function add_option() is only used in server responses to lease query packets. Each lease query response calls this function for several options, so eventually, the reference counters could overflow and cause the server to abort.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1