CVE-2003-0026

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0026
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-01-17 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the error handling routines of the minires library, as used in the NSUPDATE capability for ISC DHCPD 3.0 through 3.0.1RC10, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DHCP message containing a long hostname.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0 All All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc3 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc4 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc5 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc6 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc7 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc8 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ISC DHCPD Minires Library Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.com
ISC DHCPD NSUPDATE MiniRes Library Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suse.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-231-1 dhcp3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#284857 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
N-031: Buffer Overflows in ISC DHCPD Minires Library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Neohapsis Archives - Bugtraq - [securityslackware.com: [slackware-security] New DHCP packages available] - From whitevampire_at_mindless.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
CERT Advisory CA-2003-01 Buffer Overflows in ISC DHCPD Minires Library af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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