GLSA 201301-06: ISC DHCP: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	ISC DHCP: Denial of Service
Date:	01/09/2013
Bugs:	#362453, #378799, #393617, #398763, #428120, #434880
ID:	201301-06

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in ISC DHCP, the worst of which may allow remote Denial of Service.

Background

ISC DHCP is a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client/server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-misc/dhcp	< 4.2.4_p2	>= 4.2.4_p2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ISC DHCP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

The vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dhcp-4.2.4_p2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.