CVE-1999-0808 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp_client:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp_client:2.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0789	Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01713.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/dhcp/dhcp-1.0-history/dhcp-1.0.0-1.0pl1.diff.gz
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-053.shtml
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925960&w=2

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Isc Dhcp Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:48:38.035Z

Reserved: 1999-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0808

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-0808

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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