vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2016-2774: Moderate: dhcp security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2016:2590)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Mar 9, 2016 | Nov 4, 2016 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 9, 2016
Added
Nov 4, 2016
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-dhclientredhat-upgrade-dhcpredhat-upgrade-dhcp-commonredhat-upgrade-dhcp-debuginforedhat-upgrade-dhcp-develredhat-upgrade-dhcp-libs
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