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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5732): DHCP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-5732): DHCP vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/01/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/26/2018
Modified
11/08/2024

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

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-isc-dhcp-client
  • ubuntu-upgrade-isc-dhcp-relay
  • ubuntu-upgrade-isc-dhcp-server
  • ubuntu-upgrade-isc-dhcp-server-ldap

References

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