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RHEL 4 : dhcp (RHSA-2009:1136)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 39798

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated dhcp packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 4.7 Extended Update Support.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address.

The Mandriva Linux Engineering Team discovered a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the ISC DHCP client. If the DHCP client were to receive a malicious DHCP response, it could crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the client (root). (CVE-2009-0692)

Users of DHCP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected dhclient, dhcp and / or dhcp-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0692

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1136

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 39798

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-1136.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/15/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhcp-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0692

BID: 35668

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2009:1136