Denial of Service Vulnerability in ISC Kea DHCP Servers
CVE-2015-8373

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Key Information:

Vendor: Isc
Status: Kea
Vendor: CVE Published:; 22 December 2015

What is CVE-2015-8373?

The ISC Kea DHCP servers (versions 0.9.2 and 1.0.0-beta) are susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability when certain debugging settings are enabled. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by sending a malformed packet, which may lead to a crash of the DHCP daemon, causing service interruptions. It is crucial for system administrators to apply necessary patches and configurations to mitigate this risk.