About the DHCP vulnerability(CVE-2015-8605)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • According to "Statement" of CVE-2015-8605, RHEL seems not to be affected by this vulnerability.
  • However, according to "Affected Packages State", dhcp may be affected and it will not be fixed.
  • So we cannot judge whether RHEL is affected by this vulnerability or not. Please answer the following questions.
  • Is dhcp of RHEL5, 6, or 7 affected by this vulnerability?
  • If it is so, which versions of dhcp are affected?
  • If it is affected, is there a workaround?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • dhcp

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