CVE-2011-4868 - CVE House
Back to Database
Status published Medium CVE-2011-4868

The logging functionality in dhcpd in ISC DHCP before 4.2.3-P2,...

Vulnerability Description

The logging functionality in dhcpd in ISC DHCP before 4.2.3-P2, when using Dynamic DNS (DDNS) and issuing IPv6 addresses, does not properly handle the DHCPv6 lease structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via crafted packets related to a lease-status update.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

THREAT MONITOR

Am I Vulnerable?

Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2011-4868

Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

More from isc

View All →
CVE-2018-5736
An error in zone database reference counting can lead to...
Medium 5.3
CVE-2016-9444
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5,...
High 7.5
CVE-2016-9147
named in ISC BIND 9.9.9-P4, 9.9.9-S6, 9.10.4-P4, and 9.11.0-P1 allows...
High 7.5
CVE-2016-9131
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5,...
High 7.5
CVE-2016-8864
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P4, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P4,...
High 7.5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

dhcp
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 3.1.0, 4.0.0, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3

Timeline

Official Publish: January 15th, 2012
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.