CVE-2004-0460

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in the logging capability for the DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple hostname options in (1) DISCOVER, (2) OFFER, (3) REQUEST, (4) ACK, or (5) NAK messages, which can generate a long string when writing to a log file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16475

http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-174A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10590

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_19_dhcp_server.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:061

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/317350

http://secunia.com/advisories/23265

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938625206063&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843959502356&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108795911203342&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-08-06

Updated: 2017-07-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical