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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1143-1 (dhcp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian 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
16 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dhcp announced via advisory DSA 1143-1. Justin Winschief and Andrew Steets discovered a bug in dhcp, the DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment, which causes the server to unexpectedly exit.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0pl5-19.1sarge2. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201143-1