VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-2494
libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.17%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.17% probability · 66th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- isc/dhcp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/Vendor Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.