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CVE-2015-8605

dhcp: UDP payload length not properly checked

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 12, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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.

Statement

This issue is not planned to be addressed in the dhcp packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, or 7, as the problem can not be triggered with those packages. For further technical details, refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297314#c5

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound