| Release Date | Aug 25, 2009 |
| Severity | High |
| Impact | System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems. |
| Description | This indicates an attack attempt against a buffer-overflow vulnerability in ISC dhclient.
The vulnerability is caused by an error when the vulnerable software handles a malicious dhcp server response. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via sending a crafted dhcp server response packet. |
| Affected Products | DHCP 4.1 (all versions)
DHCP 4.0 (all versions)
DHCP 3.1 (all versions)
DHCP 3.0 (all versions)
DHCP 2.0 (all versions) |
| Recommended Actions | Upgrade to 4.1.0p1, 4.0.1p1, or 3.1.2p1. |
| Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) | http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0692
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| Reference/s | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35668 (BugTraq)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410676
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