CVE-2021-25217
A buffer overrun in lease file parsing code can be used to exploit a common vulnerability shared by dhcpd and dhclient
02 Description
A buffer overrun in lease file parsing code can be used to exploit a common vulnerability shared by dhcpd and dhclient
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
- 6.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2021-05-26 22:10Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 22:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-01-15
- Assigning CNA
- isc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6bf69cced258179f7f14289889125768149c3d2636c4c0cb199e252f664b7591
05 Affected products
06 References
- kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2021-25217
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20210526 ISC has disclosed a vulnerability in ISC DHCP (CVE-2021-25217)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/26/6
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-08cdb4dc34https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2LB42JWIV4M4WDNXX5VGIP26FEYWKIF/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20210603 [SECURITY] [DLA 2674-1] isc-dhcp security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00002.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-8ca8263bdehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5QI4DYC7J4BGHEW3NH4XHMWTHYC36UK4/
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-406691.pdf
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220325-0011/
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-637483.pdf
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202305-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-22
07 Remediation
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of ISC DHCP: ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R16-P1 ISC DHCP 4.4.2-P1
08 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- dhclient Fixed in 4.4.2.P1-1
- dhcp Fixed in 4.4.2.P1-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.4.1-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.4.1-2.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.3.5-3ubuntu7.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.4.1-2.1ubuntu5.20.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.2.4-7ubuntu12.13+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.10+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.