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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vgq6-5774-xvfp

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3616?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Isc Dhcp.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-3616?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2010-3616 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-0692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0692/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0413](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0413/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-5732](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5732/): A specially constructed response from a malicious server can cause a buffer overflow in dhclient (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-1893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1893/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2011-4868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4868/): Null dereference in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-3616 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3616/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3616
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3616
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-3616

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3616/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.