CVE-2009-1892 (GCVE-0-2009-1892)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-17 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:27
VLAI
Summary
dhcpd in ISC DHCP 3.0.4 and 3.1.1, when the dhcp-client-identifier and hardware ethernet configuration settings are both used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified requests.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1036 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35830 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35669 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/37342 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/36457 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2009-07-14 00:00
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