Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2012-3955 First vendor Publication 2012-09-14
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3955

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18093
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18093
Title: USN-1571-1 -- dhcp3, isc-dhcp vulnerability
Description: DHCP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1571-1
CVE-2012-3955
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
 Product(s): isc-dhcp
dhcp3
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18509
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18509
Title: DSA-2551-1 isc-dhcp - denial of service
Description: Glen Eustace discovered that the ISC DHCP server, a server for automatic IP address assignment, is not properly handling changes in the expiration times of a lease. An attacker may use this flaw to crash the service and cause denial of service conditions, by reducing the expiration time of an active IPv6 lease.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2551-1
CVE-2012-3955
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): isc-dhcp
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20885
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20885
Title: RHSA-2013:0504: dhcp security and bug fix update (Low)
Description: ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2013:0504-02
CESA-2013:0504
CVE-2012-3955
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
 Product(s): dhcp
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23290
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23290
Title: ELSA-2013:0504: dhcp security and bug fix update (Low)
Description: ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013:0504-02
CVE-2012-3955
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): dhcp
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27444
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27444
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0504 -- dhcp security and bug fix update (low)
Description: [12:4.1.1-34.P1.0.1.el6] - Added oracle-errwarn-message.patch [12:4.1.1-34.P1] - Reducing the expiration time for an IPv6 lease may cause the server to crash (CVE-2012-3955, #858130) [12:4.1.1-33.P1] - Use getifaddrs() for interface discovery code on Linux (#803540) - dhclient-script: do not backup&restore /etc/resolv.conf (#824622) [12:4.1.1-32.P1] - An error in the handling of malformed client identifiers can cause a denial-of-service condition in affected servers. (CVE-2012-3571, #843122) - Memory Leaks Found In ISC DHCP (CVE-2012-3954, #843122)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013-0504
CVE-2012-3955
 Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
 Product(s): dhcp
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25
Os 4
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-10-23 Name : Fedora Update for dhcp FEDORA-2012-15965
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_15965_dhcp_fc17.nasl
2012-10-23 Name : Fedora Update for dhcp FEDORA-2012-15981
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_15981_dhcp_fc16.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Fedora Update for dhcp FEDORA-2012-14076
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14076_dhcp_fc16.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Mandriva Update for dhcp MDVSA-2012:153-1 (dhcp)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_153_1.nasl
2012-09-27 Name : Fedora Update for dhcp FEDORA-2012-14149
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_14149_dhcp_fc17.nasl
2012-09-26 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 2551-1 (isc-dhcp)
File : nvt/deb_2551_1.nasl
2012-09-22 Name : Ubuntu Update for isc-dhcp USN-1571-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1571_1.nasl
2012-09-15 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2012-258-01 dhcp
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2012_258_01.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-09-20 IAVM : 2012-B-0092 - ISC DHCP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0033809

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_isc-dhcp_20130129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0579.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-643.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-642.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-629.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2013-157.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2013-0504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20130221_dhcp_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_dhcp-120917.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201301-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-03 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-14076.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-14149.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2551.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1571-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-18 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-13910.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-15 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2012-258-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/088882...
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/0869...
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/0882...
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00088.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00103.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00105.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0504.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/51318
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2551
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:153
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55530
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027528
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1571-1
https://blogs.oracle.com/sunsecurity/entry/cve_2012_3955_denial_of
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00779
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