#VU32355 Input validation error in DHCP - CVE-2015-8605
Published: January 15, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32355
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8605
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
DHCP
DHCP
Software vendor:
ISC
ISC
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175594.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00162.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00168.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3442
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80703
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2868-1
- https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/
- https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334