isc-dhcp vulnerabilities

26 July 2012

isc-dhcp vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 11.04

Summary

DHCP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description

• isc-dhcp - DHCP server and client

Details

Markus Hietava discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled certain malformed client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3571)

Glen Eustace discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3954)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

isc-dhcp-server - 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.2

Ubuntu 11.10

isc-dhcp-server - 4.1.1-P1-17ubuntu10.3

Ubuntu 11.04

isc-dhcp-server - 4.1.1-P1-15ubuntu9.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2012-3571
• CVE-2012-3954