CVE-2012-3955

high
Published 2012-09-14 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.1

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.

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.

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OS impact

ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
12.04 Affected โ€”
11.10 Affected โ€”
11.04 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Mixed 6 releases
VersionStatusFixed 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 โ€”
6.0 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
iscdhcp4.1-esv
iscdhcp4.1.0
iscdhcp4.1.1
iscdhcp4.1.2

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.