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.
Published: 2019-01-16
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 11.3% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1313-1 isc-dhcp security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4133-1 isc-dhcp security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-1 DHCP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3586-2 DHCP vulnerabilities
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.21198}

epss

{'score': 0.2582}


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References

Subscriptions

Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Isc Dhcp
Redhat Enterprise Linux Enterprise Linux Desktop Enterprise Linux Server Enterprise Linux Server Aus Enterprise Linux Server Eus Enterprise Linux Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-16T20:29:00.753

Modified: 2025-04-25T23:15:15.590

Link: CVE-2018-5733

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-5733 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses