#VU32777 Buffer overflow in DHCP - CVE-2012-3571
Published: July 25, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32777
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-2012-3571
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00712