Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU32355
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8605
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsDHCP: 4.0-esv - 4.4.1
CPE2.3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175594.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176031.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00162.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00168.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3442
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80703
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2868-1
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.