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GLSA-201401-05 : ISC DHCP: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71812

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201401-05 (ISC DHCP: Denial of Service)

 ISC DHCP is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion attack involving regular expressions sent by DHCP clients.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request from a malicious or spoofed client, potentially leading to a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcp-4.2.5_p1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201401-05

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71812

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201401-05.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 1/7/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2494

GLSA: 201401-05