Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-4539 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
isc
canonical
debian
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

dhcpd in ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.2.3-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R4 does not properly handle regular expressions in dhcpd.conf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request packet.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-71.NASL
    description - Updated to ISC dhcp-4.2.3-P2 release, providing a DDNS security fix: Modify the DDNS handling code. In a previous patch we added logging code to the DDNS handling. This code included a bug that caused it to attempt to dereference a NULL pointer and eventually segfault. While reviewing the code as we addressed this problem, we determined that some of the updates to the lease structures would not work as planned since the structures being updated were in the process of being freed: these updates were removed. In addition we removed an incorrect call to the DDNS removal function that could cause a failure during the removal of DDNS information from the DNS server. Thanks to Jasper Jongmans for reporting this issue. ([ISC-Bugs #27078], CVE: CVE-2011-4868, bnc#741239) - Removed obsolete dhcp-4.2.2-CVE-2011-4539-regex-DoS patch.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74786
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74786
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-2012-71)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2012-71.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(74786);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4539", "CVE-2011-4868");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-2012-71)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2012-71 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Updated to ISC dhcp-4.2.3-P2 release, providing a DDNS
        security fix: Modify the DDNS handling code. In a
        previous patch we added logging code to the DDNS
        handling. This code included a bug that caused it to
        attempt to dereference a NULL pointer and eventually
        segfault. While reviewing the code as we addressed this
        problem, we determined that some of the updates to the
        lease structures would not work as planned since the
        structures being updated were in the process of being
        freed: these updates were removed. In addition we
        removed an incorrect call to the DDNS removal function
        that could cause a failure during the removal of DDNS
        information from the DNS server. Thanks to Jasper
        Jongmans for reporting this issue. ([ISC-Bugs #27078],
        CVE: CVE-2011-4868, bnc#741239)
    
      - Removed obsolete dhcp-4.2.2-CVE-2011-4539-regex-DoS
        patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741239"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected dhcp packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/18");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE12\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.1", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-client-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-client-debuginfo-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-debuginfo-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-debugsource-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-devel-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-relay-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-relay-debuginfo-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-server-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"dhcp-server-debuginfo-4.2.3.P2-0.6.7.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dhcp / dhcp-client / dhcp-client-debuginfo / dhcp-debuginfo / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2011-182.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in dhcp : dhcpd in ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.2.3-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R4 does not properly handle regular expressions in dhcpd.conf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request packet (CVE-2011-4539). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57052
    published2011-12-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57052
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : dhcp (MDVSA-2011:182)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2011-1850.NASL
    descriptionAn updated rhev-hypervisor6 package that fixes one security issue and two bugs is now available. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The rhev-hypervisor6 package provides a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO disk image. The Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is a dedicated Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. It includes everything necessary to run and manage virtual machines: A subset of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating environment and the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Agent. Note: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor is only available for the Intel 64 and AMD64 architectures with virtualization extensions. Using the SG_IO IOCTL to issue SCSI requests to partitions or LVM volumes resulted in the requests being passed to the underlying block device. If a privileged user only had access to a single partition or LVM volume, they could use this flaw to bypass those restrictions and gain read and write access (and be able to issue other SCSI commands) to the entire block device. In KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments using raw format virtio disks backed by a partition or LVM volume, a privileged guest user could bypass intended restrictions and issue read and write requests (and other SCSI commands) on the host, and possibly access the data of other guests that reside on the same underlying block device. Refer to Red Hat Bugzilla bug 752375 for further details and a mitigation script for users who cannot apply this update immediately. (CVE-2011-4127) This updated package provides updated components that include fixes for various security issues. These issues have no security impact on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor itself, however. The security fixes included in this update address the following CVE numbers : CVE-2011-4539 (dhcp issue) CVE-2011-4339 (ipmitool issue) CVE-2011-1530 (krb5 issue) This update also fixes the following bugs : * Virtual LAN (VLAN) identifiers containing a space were accepted, even though they could not be configured correctly. With this update, VLAN identifiers containing a space are rejected with an
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79281
    published2014-11-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79281
    titleRHEL 6 : rhev-hypervisor6 (RHSA-2011:1850)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2011-1819.NASL
    descriptionUpdated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57380
    published2011-12-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57380
    titleCentOS 6 : dhcp (CESA-2011:1819)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2011-16981.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2011-4539 dhcpd: DoS due to processing certain regular expressions Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57309
    published2011-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57309
    titleFedora 16 : dhcp-4.2.3-4.P1.fc16 (2011-16981)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2519.NASL
    descriptionSeveral security vulnerabilities affecting ISC dhcpd, a server for automatic IP address assignment, have been discovered. Additionally, the latest security update for isc-dhcp, DSA-2516-1, did not properly apply the patches for CVE-2012-3571 and CVE-2012-3954. This has been addressed in this additional update. - CVE-2011-4539 BlueCat Networks discovered that it is possible to crash DHCP servers configured to evaluate requests with regular expressions via crafted DHCP request packets. - CVE-2012-3571 Markus Hietava of the Codenomicon CROSS project discovered that it is possible to force the server to enter an infinite loop via messages with malformed client identifiers. - CVE-2012-3954 Glen Eustace discovered that DHCP servers running in DHCPv6 mode and possibly DHCPv4 mode suffer of memory leaks while processing messages. An attacker can use this flaw to exhaust resources and perform denial of service attacks.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2012-08-02
    plugin id61382
    published2012-08-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61382
    titleDebian DSA-2519-2 : isc-dhcp - several vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_4_DHCP-111209.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted requests could crash dhcpd if the server used regular expressions for matching (CVE-2011-4539).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id75815
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75815
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-SU-2011:1318-1)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-1309-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled certain malformed packets when configured to evaluate regular expressions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57321
    published2011-12-16
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2011-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57321
    titleUbuntu 11.04 / 11.10 : isc-dhcp vulnerability (USN-1309-1)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2011-1819.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:1819 : Updated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id68407
    published2013-07-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68407
    titleOracle Linux 6 : dhcp (ELSA-2011-1819)
  • NASL familySolaris Local Security Checks
    NASL idSOLARIS11_ISC-DHCP_20120404.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates : - dhcpd in ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.2.3-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R4 does not properly handle regular expressions in dhcpd.conf, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted request packet. (CVE-2011-4539)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id80646
    published2015-01-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80646
    titleOracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : isc-dhcp (cve_2011_4539_denial_of)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201301-06.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201301-06 (ISC DHCP: Denial of Service) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ISC DHCP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : The vulnerabilities might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id63440
    published2013-01-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63440
    titleGLSA-201301-06 : ISC DHCP: Denial of Service
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_93BE487E211F11E189B4001EC9578670.NASL
    descriptionISC reports : A bug exists which allows an attacker who is able to send DHCP Request packets, either directly or through a relay, to remotely crash an ISC DHCP server if that server is configured to evaluate expressions using a regular expression (i.e. uses the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57045
    published2011-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57045
    titleFreeBSD : isc-dhcp-server -- Remote DoS (93be487e-211f-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20111214_DHCP_ON_SL6_X.NASL
    descriptionThe Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61207
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61207
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : dhcp on SL6.x i386/x86_64
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_3_DHCP-111209.NASL
    descriptionSpecially crafted requests could crash dhcpd if the server used regular expressions for matching (CVE-2011-4539).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id75467
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75467
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-SU-2011:1318-1)
  • NASL familySlackware Local Security Checks
    NASL idSLACKWARE_SSA_2012-237-01.NASL
    descriptionNew dhcp packages are available for Slackware 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id61660
    published2012-08-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61660
    titleSlackware 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / current : dhcp (SSA:2012-237-01)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2011-68.NASL
    description - Applied security fix for a DoS due to processing certain regular expressions, extracted from 4.2.3-P1 (bnc#735610, CVE-2011-4539) : - Add a check for a NULL pointer before calling the regexec function. Without out this check we could, under some circumstances, pass a NULL pointer to the regexec function causing it to segfault. Thanks to a report from BlueCat Networks. [ISC-Bugs #26704]
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id74532
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74532
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-2011-68)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2012-31.NASL
    descriptionA denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id69638
    published2013-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69638
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : dhcp (ALAS-2012-31)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2011-1819.NASL
    descriptionUpdated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57310
    published2011-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57310
    titleRHEL 6 : dhcp (RHSA-2011:1819)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2011-16976.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2011-4539 dhcpd: DoS due to processing certain regular expressions Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57418
    published2012-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57418
    titleFedora 15 : dhcp-4.2.1-14.P1.fc15 (2011-16976)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id761265
titleCVE-2011-4539 dhcp: DoS due to processing certain regular expressions
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20111656003
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentdhclient is earlier than 12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111819001
        • commentdhclient is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100923006
      • AND
        • commentdhcp-common is earlier than 12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111819003
        • commentdhcp-common is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111819004
      • AND
        • commentdhcp is earlier than 12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111819005
        • commentdhcp is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100923004
      • AND
        • commentdhcp-devel is earlier than 12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20111819007
        • commentdhcp-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20100923002
rhsa
idRHSA-2011:1819
released2011-12-14
severityModerate
titleRHSA-2011:1819: dhcp security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
  • dhcp-12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
  • dhcp-common-12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
  • dhcp-debuginfo-12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1
  • dhcp-devel-12:4.1.1-25.P1.el6_2.1