Resource Management Errors Affecting dhclient package, versions <12:4.1.1-31.P1.17.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.91% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-DHCLIENT-1665254
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Jul 2012

Introduced: 25 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 dhclient to version 12:4.1.1-31.P1.17.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-115.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhclient package and not the dhclient package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple memory leaks in ISC DHCP 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many requests.

CVSS Scores

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