Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting dhcp-devel package, versions <12:4.2.5-58.amzn2.1.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
72.72% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-DHCPDEVEL-1661198
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Jan 2019

Introduced: 16 Jan 2019

CVE-2017-3144  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 dhcp-devel to version 12:4.2.5-58.amzn2.1.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-963.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhcp-devel package and not the dhcp-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1