Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-5733 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Arch Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Arch Linux |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU10791
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5733
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the dhcpd due to improper handling of reference counting when processing client requests. A remote attacker can send large amounts of data to the target server can send a large number of packets, trigger a reference counter overflow and cause the target dhcpd service to consume all available memory and crash.
Update the affected package dhcp to version 4.4.1-1.
Vulnerable software versionsArch Linux: All versions
CPE2.3 External linkshttp://security.archlinux.org/advisory/ASA-201803-4
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.