Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-2003-1 | isc-dhcp security update |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3586-1 | DHCP vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:20.980Z
Reserved: 2016-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-2774
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-03-09T15:59:00.147
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-2774
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
Ubuntu USN