CVE-2007-2461

Published May 2, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 7.8 High EPSS 4.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-2454 The DHCP relay agent in Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and PIX 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dropped packets) via a DHCPREQUEST or DHCPINFORM message that causes multiple DHCPACK messages to be sent from DHCP servers to the agent, which consumes the memory allocated for a local buffer. NOTE: this issue only occurs when multiple DHCP servers are used.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 1:42 PM
Reserved
May 2, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 2, 2007, 10:19 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:39 PM