1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200808-05 / dhcp |
| Release Date | August 06, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | August 06, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| net-misc/dhcp | < 3.1.1 | >= 3.1.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #227135
A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in ISC DHCP.
ISC DHCP is ISC's reference implementation of all aspects of the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
A buffer overflow error was found in ISC DHCP server, that can only be exploited under unusual server configurations where the DHCP server is configured to provide clients with a large set of DHCP options.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1" |