CVE-2012-3570

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-07-24
Bugzilla:
842424: CVE-2012-3570 dhcp: DoS in DHCPv6 due to error in handling malformed client identifiers

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1, when DHCPv6 mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and daemon exit) via a crafted client identifier parameter.

Find out more about CVE-2012-3570 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 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 3.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Adjacent 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

Acknowledgements

Upstream acknowledges Markus Hietava of Codenomicon CROSS project as the original reporter of this issue.

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