CVE-2015-8605

6.5 MEDIUM

Published: January 14, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175594.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176031.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00162.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00168.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3442

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80703

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2868-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175594.html