CVE-2012-3570
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.7
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00714
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3570
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.