Memory Leak Affecting dhclient package, versions <12:4.1.1-31.P1.el6_3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.33% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-DHCLIENT-1445069
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jul 2012

Introduced: 24 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 dhclient to version 12:4.1.1-31.P1.el6_3.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:1141.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dhclient package and not the dhclient package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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 Base Scores

version 3.1