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Gentoo: 201301-06 Normal Severity: ISC DHCP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo users with ISC DHCP are urged to update their systems to address potential Denial of Service threats. Refer to GLSA 201301-06 for comprehensive information and available solutions.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ISC DHCP, the worst of which may allow remote Denial of Service.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ISC DHCP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity isc dhcp

Resolution

All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dhcp-4.2.4_p2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-0997 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0997 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2748 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2748 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-2749 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2749 [ 4 ] CVE-2011-4539 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4539 [ 5 ] CVE-2011-4868 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4868 [ 6 ] CVE-2012-3570 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3570 [ 7 ] CVE-2012-3571 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3571 [ 8 ] CVE-2012-3954 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3954 [ 9 ] CVE-2012-3955 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3955

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: ISC DHCP: Denial of Service
Date: January 09, 2013
Bugs: #362453, #378799, #393617, #398763, #428120, #434880
ID: 201301-06

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo normal severity isc dhcp

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ISC DHCP, the worst of which may allow remote Denial of Service.

Background

ISC DHCP is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client/server.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/dhcp < 4.2.4_p2 >= 4.2.4_p2

Impact

===== The vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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