CVE-2009-0692
Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 25.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 25.78% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 27 July 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- isc/dhcp
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 25.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-010.txt.asc
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35785Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35829
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35830
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35831
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35832
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35841
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35849
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35850
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40551
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-12.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410676US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:151
- http://www.osvdb.org/55819
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1136.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35668
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022548
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-803-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1891
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507717
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.