Denial of Service Vulnerability in ISC DHCP Server by Internet Systems Consortium
CVE-2010-3611

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Isc
Status
Dhcp
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 November 2010

What is CVE-2010-3611?

The ISC DHCP server is vulnerable to a denial of service attack due to a NULL pointer dereference. Attackers can exploit this by sending a DHCPv6 packet containing a Relay-Forward message that lacks an address in the Relay-Forward link-address field. This flaw can cause the server to crash, leading to a disruption in DHCP services, thus impacting network connectivity for clients relying on this service.

References

http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3611
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62965
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http://secunia.com/advisories/42082
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EPSS Score

16% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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