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GLSA-200808-05 : ISC DHCP: Denial of Service

critical Nessus Plugin ID 33835

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200808-05 (ISC DHCP: Denial of Service)

 A buffer overflow error was found in ISC DHCP server, that can only be exploited under unusual server configurations where the DHCP server is configured to provide clients with a large set of DHCP options.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200808-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 33835

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200808-05.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0062

CWE: 119, 189

GLSA: 200808-05