GLSA-200907-12 : ISC DHCP: dhcpclient Remote execution of arbitrary code

critical Nessus Plugin ID 39797

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200907-12 (ISC DHCP: dhcpclient Remote execution of arbitrary code)

The Mandriva Linux Engineering Team has reported a stack-based buffer overflow in the subnet-mask handling of dhclient.
Impact :

A remote attacker might set up a rogue DHCP server in a victim's local network, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 39797

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200907-12.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/15/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0692

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200907-12

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