Out-of-Bounds Affecting dhcp package, versions [,3.1.2p1)[4.0.0,4.0.1p1)[4.1.0,4.1.0p1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
12.59% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DHCP-2374414
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Jul 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Jul 2009

CVE-2009-0692  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade dhcp to version 3.1.2p1, 4.0.1p1, 4.1.0p1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.

CVSS Scores

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