CVE-2016-2774

dhcp: unclosed TCP connections to OMAPI or failover ports can cause DoS

Published Mar 9, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 73.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2003-1 isc-dhcp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-1 DHCP vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.63212}

epss

{'score': 0.69959}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 11:32 PM
Reserved
Feb 26, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 9, 2016, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:44 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 7, 2016, 12:00 AM