Debian DSA-2184-1 : isc-dhcp - denial of service

high Nessus Plugin ID 52551

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the ISC DHCPv6 server does not correctly process requests which come from unexpected source addresses, leading to an assertion failure and a daemon crash.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) is not affected by this problem.

Solution

Upgrade the isc-dhcp packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-P1-15+squeeze1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=611217

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/isc-dhcp

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2184

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 52551

File Name: debian_DSA-2184.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2011

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:isc-dhcp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0413

BID: 46035

DSA: 2184