CVE-2004-0460

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0460
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-08-06 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the logging capability for the DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple hostname options in (1) DISCOVER, (2) OFFER, (3) REQUEST, (4) ACK, or (5) NAK messages, which can generate a long string when writing to a log file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Infoblox Dns One Appliance 2.3.1_r5 All All All
Hardware Infoblox Dns One Appliance 2.4.0.8 All All All
Hardware Infoblox Dns One Appliance 2.4.0.8a All All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc12 All All
Application Isc Dhcpd 3.0.1 rc13 All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All ppc All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All amd64 All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_2.0 All All All
Application Suse Suse Email Server iii All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 7 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.0 All i386 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Admin-cd For Firewall All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Connectivity Server All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Database Server All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Firewall Cd All All All All
Application Suse Suse Linux Office Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISC DHCPD Hostname Options Logging Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.xerox.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.031] OpenPKG Security Advisory (dhcpd)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
XEROX WorkCentre Products Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#317350 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-174A -- Multiple Vulnerabilities in ISC DHCP 3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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