SB2016011804 - Amazon Linux AMI update for dhcp
Published: January 18, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016011804
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8605)
The 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.