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CVE-2018-5733

A malicious client can overflow a reference counter in ISC dhcpd

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Summary

A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated
  3. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • ISC ISC DHCP

    Version range not reported

References 9

kb.isc.org

access.redhat.com

debian.org

usn.ubuntu.com

securityfocus.com

securitytracker.com

lists.debian.org