CVE-2012-3954

Description

Multiple memory leaks in ISC DHCP 4.1.x and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many requests.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.48% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027300 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00737 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3954?
CVE-2012-3954 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3954?
To fix CVE-2012-3954, 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-2012-3954 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3954 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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