CVE-2015-8605

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8605
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-14 22:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5.7AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.0 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.1 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.2 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.3 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.0.3 rc1 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 r10 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r10_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r11_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r11_rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r11_rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r12 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r12_b1 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-esv r6 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r7 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r8 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r8_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r8_rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r9 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r9_b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1-esv r9_rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.0 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.1 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.1 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.1.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.0 p2 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 p1 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
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 p2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.4 rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 p1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.5 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.6 - All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.6 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.6 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.7 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.7 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.7 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.8 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.8 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.8 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.2.8 rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.0 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.0 a1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.0 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.1 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.1 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.1 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.2 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.2 b1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.2 rc1 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.2 rc2 All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.3 All All All
Application Isc Dhcp 4.3.3 b1 All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Up2date All All All All
Application Sophos Unified Threat Management Up2date All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: dhcp-4.3.3-8.P1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: dhcp-4.3.2-7.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2868-1: DHCP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3442-1 isc-dhcp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
DHCP UDP Length Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
UTM Up2Date 9.319 released | Sophos Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.sophos.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2015-8605: UDP payload length not properly checked | Internet Systems Consortium Knowledge Base af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0601-1: moderate: Security update for dhcp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2016:0610-1: moderate: Security update for dhcp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ISC DHCP CVE-2015-8605 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
UTM Up2Date 9.354 released | Sophos Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.sophos.com Third Party Advisory
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