CVE-2013-2494

Summary

CVECVE-2013-2494
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-28 16:55:00 UTC
Updated2013-03-29 04:00:00 UTC
Descriptionlibdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 All 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 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 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 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 4.2.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 All 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 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 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 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 4.2.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2013-2494: A Vulnerability in libdns Could Cause Excessive Memory Use in ISC DHCP 4.2 | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
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