CVE-2010-3616 (GCVE-0-2010-3616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-12-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:18
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
certcc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 158 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0052 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2010-D… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159528 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024862 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45360 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/42682 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2010-12-07 00:00
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