CVE-2006-3122

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-3122
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-09 22:04:00 UTC
Updated2011-06-13 04:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe supersede_lease function in memory.c in ISC DHCP (dhcpd) server 2.0pl5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCPDISCOVER packet with a 32 byte client-identifier, which causes the packet to be interpreted as a corrupt uid and causes the server to exit with "corrupt lease uid."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Dhcpd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ISC Memory.C DHCP Server Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
OpenBSD update for dhcpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for dhcp SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1143-1 dhcp DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
#380273 - DHCP server exits unexpectedly on DHCPOFFER with specific client-identifier - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - DHCP "supersede_lease()" DHCPOFFER Denial of Service SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ISC DHCP Can Be Crashed By Remote Users with a Specially Crafted DHCPOFFER Packet SECTRACK securitytracker.com
OpenBSD 4.0 errata OPENBSD www.openbsd.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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