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MiracleLinux 4 : dhcp-4.1.1-34.P1.AXS4 (AXSA:2013-133:01)

high Nessus Plugin ID 289229

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2013-133:01 advisory.

 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. The dhcp package includes the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.
 To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent), and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhcp package provides the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.
 Security issues fixed with this release:
 CVE-2012-3955 ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
 Fixed bugs:
 Previously, on networks interfaces configured with more that one IP address, the DHCP server only discovered the first one and would fail to restart if the server only served a subnet of the remaining IP addresses. This has been fixed.
 Previously, despite having been stopped, the dhclient rewrote the /etc/resolv.conf file with backup data even if the PEERDNS flag was set to no before shut down if the configuration file was changed while the dhclient ran with PEERDNS=yes. This has been fixed, the dhclient no longer rewrites the /etc/resolv.conf file when stopped. (BZ#824622)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

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

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/3761

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 289229

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2013-133.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3955

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhcp-common, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:dhclient

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3955