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CVE-2008-5010

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Description

in.dhcpd in the DHCP implementation in Sun Solaris 8 through 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_103, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via unknown DHCP requests related to the "number of offers," aka Bug ID 6713805.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5668

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46480

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3088

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32213

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243806-1

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109077-21-1

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021157

http://secunia.com/advisories/32668

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

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: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.11927

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