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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-3144: Security patch for dhcp (ALAS-2018-963)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-3144: Security patch for dhcp (ALAS-2018-963)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/16/2019
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhclient
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhcp
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhcp-common
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhcp-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhcp-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dhcp-libs

References

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