Out-of-Bounds Affecting dhcp-common 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
10.19% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-DHCPCOMMON-1665197
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Jul 2012

Introduced: 25 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3571  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 dhcp-common 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 dhcp-common package and not the dhcp-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.

CVSS Scores

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