CVE-2016-2774

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information

Vendor
Isc
Status
Dhcp
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 March 2016

Summary

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2590.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035196
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01354
x_refsource_CONFIRM

EPSS Score

20% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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