CVE-2010-3616 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in ISC DHCP server by connecting to failover ports when failover partnerships are configured.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-3616?

CVE-2010-3616 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ISC DHCP server 4.2 before 4.2.0-P2, when configured to use failover partnerships, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (communications-interrupted state and DHCP client service loss) by connecting to a port that is only intended for a failover peer, as demonstrated by a Nagios check_tcp process check to TCP port 520.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3616?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Isc Dhcp.

How do I fix CVE-2010-3616?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-3616 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3616 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vgq6-5774-xvfp.

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