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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-05
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: ISC DHCP: Denial of Service
Date: January 06, 2014
Bugs: #463848
ID: 201401-05
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Synopsis
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A memory exhaustion vulnerability in ISC DHCP could lead to Denial of
Service.
Background
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ISC DHCP is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client/server.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/dhcp < 4.2.5_p1 >= 4.2.5_p1
Description
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ISC DHCP is vulnerable to a memory exhaustion attack involving regular
expressions sent by DHCP clients.
Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request from a
malicious or spoofed client, potentially leading to a Denial of Service
condition.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=net-misc/dhcp-4.2.5_p1”
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2013-2494
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2494
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-05.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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