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Fedora 27: 2018-5051dbd15e Critical DoS and Code Execution Fix

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2018
Dist Fedora Esm H88
A crucial Fedora patch has been released to address DHCP addressing overflow and service disruption issues, enhancing system stability and security
Security fix for CVE-2018-5732 CVE-2018-5733

Summary

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)

Security fix for CVE-2018-5732 CVE-2018-5733

[ 1 ] Bug #1549960 - CVE-2018-5732 dhcp: Buffer overflow in dhclient possibly allowing code execution triggered by malicious server

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549960

[ 2 ] Bug #1549961 - CVE-2018-5733 dhcp: Reference count overflow in dhcpd allows denial of service

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549961

su -c 'dnf upgrade dhcp' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Update Instructions

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Product: Fedora 27
Version: 4.3.6
Release: 9.fc27
URL: Summary : Dynamic host configuration protocol software

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