CVE-2012-3571
ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 12.98% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 July 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- isc/dhcp · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.0% since 4 November 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://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00712Vendor Advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00712Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.