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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : dhcp vulnerability (USN-531-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 28136

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

Nahuel Riva and Gerardo Richarte discovered that the DHCP server did not correctly handle certain client options. A remote attacker could send malicious DHCP replies to the server and execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected dhcp, dhcp-client and / or dhcp-relay packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/531-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 28136

File Name: ubuntu_USN-531-1.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dhcp-relay, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dhcp-client, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5365, CVE-2008-5010

CWE: 119

USN: 531-1