CVE-2012-3570
Buffer overflow in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1, when DHCPv6 mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and daemon exit) via a crafted client
02 Description
Buffer overflow in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P1, when DHCPv6 mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and daemon exit) via a crafted client
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-07-25 10:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:13Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 18c35c5058175614b3b0e0bbf5d15ac50dfaef1b44ba50d5d1d527d7178db318
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:115http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201301-06http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00714
- www.securityfocus.com54665http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.2.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.2.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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