CVE-2015-8373

Description

The kea-dhcp4 and kea-dhcp6 servers 0.9.2 and 1.0.0-beta in ISC Kea, when certain debugging settings are used, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed packet.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.28% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01318 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175337.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175218.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8373?
CVE-2015-8373 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8373?
To fix CVE-2015-8373, 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-2015-8373 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8373 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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