DSA-1143-1 dhcp -- programming error

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2006-3122  

Justin Winschief and Andrew Steets discovered a bug in dhcp, the DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment, which causes the server to unexpectedly exit. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1143-1 dhcp -- programming error

Date Reported:
04 Aug 2006
Affected Packages:
dhcp
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 380273.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-3122.
More information:

Justin Winschief and Andrew Steets discovered a bug in dhcp, the DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment, which causes the server to unexpectedly exit.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1sarge2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-client_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/d/dhcp/dhcp-relay_2.0pl5-19.1sarge2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.