Improper Input Validation Affecting dhcp package, versions [,4.1-ESV-R13)[4.3.31, 4.3.3-P1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.21% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DHCP-2374401
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jan 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-8605  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dhcp to version 4.1-ESV-R13, 4.3.3-P1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1