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CVE-2018-5733 A malicious client can overflow a reference counter in ISC dhcpd

HighCVSS 7.5 EPSS 20.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/isc-dhcp(Debian:12) < 4.3.5-3.1 4.3.5-3.1
debian/isc-dhcp(Debian:13) < 4.3.5-3.1 4.3.5-3.1
isc dhcp >= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.8 No fix listed
isc dhcp >= 4.3.0, <= 4.3.6 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r10 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r10_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r10_rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r11 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r11_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r11_rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r11_rc2 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r12 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r12_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r12_p1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r13 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r13_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r14 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r14_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r15 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r2 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r3 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r3_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r4 No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r5 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r5_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r5_rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r5_rc2 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r6 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r7 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r8 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r8_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r8_rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r9 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r9_b1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-r9_rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1-esv-rc1 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.1.0 No fix listed
isc dhcp = 4.4.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux desktop = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server = 7.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server aus = 7.4 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server aus = 7.6 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.4 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.5 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux server eus = 7.6 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 6.0 No fix listed
redhat enterprise linux workstation = 7.0 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 14.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 16.04 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 17.10 No fix listed
debian linux = 7.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.10) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.11) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.12) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.13) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.14) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.15) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.16) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.17) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.18) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.19) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
alpine/dhcp(Alpine:v3.20) >= 4.2.0, < 4.4.1-r0 4.4.1-r0
ISC DHCP = ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0 No fix listed

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