Resource Management Errors Affecting dhcp package, versions [,4.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.91% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DHCP-2374396
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Jul 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jul 2012

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

How to fix?

Upgrade dhcp to version 4.2.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. 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.

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