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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200908-08 (dhcp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200908-08.
Insight
Insight
dhcpd as included in the ISC DHCP implementation does not properly handle special conditions, leading to a Denial of Service.
Solution
Solution
All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose =net-misc/dhcp-3.1.2_p1 http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200908-08 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275231