vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-5732: Important: dhcp security update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Mar 1, 2018 | May 1, 2018 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 1, 2018
Added
May 1, 2018
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
Description
Failure to properly bounds-check a buffer used for processing DHCP options allows a malicious server (or an entity masquerading as a server) to cause a buffer overflow (and resulting crash) in dhclient by sending a response containing a specially constructed options section. Affects ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0
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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