CVE-2011-2749

Description

The server in ISC DHCP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.2, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R3, and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon exit) via a crafted BOOTP packet.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 83.08% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory isc.org Vendor Advisory isc.org Vendor Advisory isc.org Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1190-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065176.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45595 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00014.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2292 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1160.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025918 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45817 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49120 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.isc.org/files/release-notes/DHCP%204.1-ESV-R3.html vendor advisory
http://www.isc.org/files/release-notes/DHCP%203.1-ESV-R3_0.html vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45582 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=517665&action=diff issue tracking third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45918 third party advisory
http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-2748 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.isc.org/files/release-notes/DHCP%204.2.2_0.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/45639 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729382 issue tracking third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/45629 third party advisory
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/11695711 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:128 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46780 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2749?
CVE-2011-2749 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2749?
To fix CVE-2011-2749, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2749 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-2749 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~83% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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