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High
CVE-2012-3955
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows...
Vulnerability Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088220.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00103.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1571-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00088.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51318
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:153
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086992.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55530
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/088882.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0504.html
- https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_3955_denial_of
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00105.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00779
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027528
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
dhcp, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
4.1-esv, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 6.0, 7.0, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 14th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 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.