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Debian DSA-1143-1 : dhcp - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22685

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Justin Winschief and Andrew Steets discovered a bug in dhcp, the DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment, which causes the server to unexpectedly exit.

Solution

Upgrade the dhcp package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380273

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1143

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22685

File Name: debian_DSA-1143.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3122

DSA: 1143