CVE-2010-3616

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-12-07
Bugzilla:
662325: CVE-2010-3616 dhcp: server hangs with TCP to failover peer port

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

ISC DHCP server 4.2 before 4.2.0-P2, when configured to use failover partnerships, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (communications-interrupted state and DHCP client service loss) by connecting to a port that is only intended for a failover peer, as demonstrated by a Nagios check_tcp process check to TCP port 520.

Find out more about CVE-2010-3616 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dhcp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, 5, or 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 dhcp Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 dhcp Not affected

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