Scientific Linux: CVE-2012-3571 Moderate: dhcp Denial of Service

Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 11:29:33 -0500
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From: Patrick Riehecky 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: dhcp on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Moderate: dhcp security update
Issue Date: 2012-08-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-3571

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows
individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration
information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast
address.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled
zero-length client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to
send a specially-crafted request to dhcpd, possibly causing it to enter an
infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2012-3571)

Users of DHCP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, all
DHCP servers will be restarted automatically.

SL5:
 i386
 dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64
 dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
 dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
 dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
 dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
 libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
 libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
 libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team