CVE-2003-0039

N/A Unknown
Published: February 07, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

ISC dhcrelay (dhcp-relay) 3.0rc9 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (packet storm) via a certain BOOTP packet that is forwarded to a broadcast MAC address, causing an infinite loop that is not restricted by a hop count.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://cc.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-26.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000616
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104310927813830&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-245
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149953
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.012-dhcpd.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-034.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6628
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11187
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://cc.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-26.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000616
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104310927813830&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-245
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149953
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.012-dhcpd.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-034.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6628
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.9%
88th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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