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RHEL 6 : dhcp (RHSA-2012:1141)
high Nessus Plugin ID 61405
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for dhcp.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1141 advisory.- dhcp: DoS due to error in handling malformed client identifiers (CVE-2012-3571)
- dhcp: two memory leaks may result in DoS (CVE-2012-3954)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL dhcp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1141.See Also
http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2012-3571
http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2012-3954
http://www.nessus.org/u?556b3d28
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1141
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 61405
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1141.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/3/2012
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3571
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhcp-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhcp-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dhclient
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3571, CVE-2012-3954
BID: 54665