CVE-2015-8373

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8373
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-22 23:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6 servers 0.9.2 and 1.0.0-beta in ISC Kea, when certain debugging settings are used, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.8 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Isc Kea 0.9.2 All All All
Application Isc Kea 1.0.0 beta All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: kea-1.0.0-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: kea-0.9.2-2.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2015-8373 - ISC Kea: unexpected termination while handling a malformed packet | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
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