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ubuntu-cve-2015-8605

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-01-12 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8605	REPORT
	https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2868-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8605	REPORT

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CVE-2015-8605 (GCVE-0-2015-8605)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-14 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20

Summary

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

12 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/29/utm-up2date-9…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3442	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2868-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80703	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2016-01-12 00:00

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usn-2868-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2016-01-13 12:36

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

isc-dhcp vulnerability

Details

Sebastian Poehn discovered that the DHCP server, client, and relay incorrectly handled certain malformed UDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the DHCP server, client, or relay to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2868-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8605	REPORT

JSON

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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
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              ]
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/isc-dhcp@4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
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        }
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        "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.3"
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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ubuntu-cve-2015-8605

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2015-8605 (GCVE-0-2015-8605)

usn-2868-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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