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CVE-2011-4539

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2011-12-07	isc-dhcp-server -- Remote DoS

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CVE-2011-4539 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2011-4539
Phase	Assigned(20111122)

Description

dhcpd in ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.2.3-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R4 does not properly handle regular expressions in dhcpd.conf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request packet.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-4539
DEBIAN	DSA-2519
FEDORA	FEDORA-2011-16981
FEDORA	FEDORA-2011-16976
GENTOO	GLSA-201301-06
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2011:182
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2011:1318
UBUNTU	USN-1309-1
BID	50971
SECTRACK	1026393
SECUNIA	47153
SECUNIA	47178
XF	isc-dhcp-dhcpd-regex-dos(71680)