CVE-2012-3954
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
Multiple memory leaks in ISC DHCP 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many requests.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.2.4-2 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027300
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00737
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3954
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.