A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4133-1 isc-dhcp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-1 DHCP vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

The recommended remedy is to disallow access to the OMAPI control port from unauthorized clients (in accordance with best practices for server operation).

History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:46:13.879Z

Reserved: 2016-12-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-3144

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-16T20:29:00.627

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:24:55.567

Link: CVE-2017-3144

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-12-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-3144 - Bugzilla

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