CVE-2018-5733

A malicious client can overflow a reference counter in ISC dhcpd

Published Jan 16, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 20.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of DHCP. DHCP 4.1-ESV-R15-P1 DHCP 4.3.6-P1 DHCP 4.4.1

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1313-1 isc-dhcp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4133-1 isc-dhcp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-1 DHCP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-2 DHCP vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.21198}

epss

{'score': 0.2582}