Description
A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 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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Remediation
Vendor Solution
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of DHCP. DHCP 4.1-ESV-R15-P1 DHCP 4.3.6-P1 DHCP 4.4.1
Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-1313-1 | isc-dhcp security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4133-1 | isc-dhcp security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3586-1 | DHCP vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3586-2 | DHCP vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: isc
Published:
Updated: 2025-04-25T23:02:52.084Z
Reserved: 2018-01-17T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-5733
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-01-16T20:29:00.753
Modified: 2025-04-25T23:15:15.590
Link: CVE-2018-5733
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN