Out-of-Bounds Affecting dhcp package, versions [,4.2.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
17.08% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-DHCP-2374419
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Jul 2012
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-3570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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 Out-of-Bounds. Buffer overflow in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1, when DHCPv6 mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and daemon exit) via a crafted client identifier parameter.

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