CVE-2015-8605

Description

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 68.76% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory isc.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00168.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/ third party advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334 vendor advisory
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9-319-released/ third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175594.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3442 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2868-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176031.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80703 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00162.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8605?
CVE-2015-8605 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8605?
To fix CVE-2015-8605, 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-2015-8605 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-8605 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~69% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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