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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : isc-dhcp (multiple_denial_of_service_dos4)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80647

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

 - ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier. (CVE-2012-3571)

 - Multiple memory leaks in ISC DHCP 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many requests. (CVE-2012-3954)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 10.5.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?ee6701ed

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80647

File Name: solaris11_isc-dhcp_20120821.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:isc-dhcp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3571, CVE-2012-3954