Failure to properly bounds-check a buffer used for processing DHCP options allows a malicious server (or an entity masquerading as a server) to cause a buffer overflow (and resulting crash) in dhclient by sending a response containing a specially constructed options section. Affects ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
Source | ID | Title |
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DLA-1313-1 | isc-dhcp security update |
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DSA-4133-1 | isc-dhcp security update |
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EUVD-2018-17501 | Failure to properly bounds-check a buffer used for processing DHCP options allows a malicious server (or an entity masquerading as a server) to cause a buffer overflow (and resulting crash) in dhclient by sending a response containing a specially constructed options section. Affects ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0 |
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USN-3586-1 | DHCP vulnerabilities |
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USN-3586-2 | DHCP vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of DHCP. ISC DHCP releases are available from https://www.isc.org/downloads. >= DHCP 4.1-ESV-R15-P1 >= DHCP 4.3.6-P1 >= DHCP 4.4.1
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
No history.

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: isc
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-16T18:19:36.136Z
Reserved: 2018-01-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-5732

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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-10-09T16:15:13.407
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:09:16.440
Link: CVE-2018-5732


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