CVE-2012-3571

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3571
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-25 10:42:00 UTC
Updated2020-04-01 13:58:00 UTC
DescriptionISC 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r3 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r3_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r4 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r3 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r3_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r4 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r5_rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 a2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 b2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.3 p2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1519-1: DHCP vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
ISC DHCP Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
openSUSE-SU-2012:1006-1: moderate: update for dhcp SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:116 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:115 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2012-3571: An Error in the Handling of Malformed Client Identifiers can Cause a Denial-of-Service Condition in Affected Servers | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2519-2 isc-dhcp DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
2016-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- ISC DHCP: Denial of Service GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2516-1 isc-dhcp DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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