CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-5365

7.2 HIGH Published 2007-10-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-10-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD 4.0 through 4.2, and some other dhcpd implementations based on ISC dhcp-2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DHCP request specifying a maximum message size smaller than the minimum IP MTU.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 3.1 • debian debian linux 4.0 • openbsd openbsd 4.0 • openbsd openbsd 4.1 • openbsd openbsd 4.2 • redhat enterprise linux 2.1 • redhat linux advanced workstation 2.1 • sun opensolaris snv 01 • sun opensolaris snv 02 • sun opensolaris snv 03 • sun opensolaris snv 04 • sun opensolaris snv 05 • sun opensolaris snv 06 • sun opensolaris snv 07 • sun opensolaris snv 08 • sun opensolaris snv 09 • sun opensolaris snv 10 • sun opensolaris snv 11 • sun opensolaris snv 12 • sun opensolaris snv 13 • sun opensolaris snv 14 • sun opensolaris snv 15 • sun opensolaris snv 16 • sun opensolaris snv 17 • sun opensolaris snv 18 • sun opensolaris snv 19 • sun opensolaris snv 20 • sun opensolaris snv 21 • sun opensolaris snv 22 • sun opensolaris snv 23 • sun opensolaris snv 24 • sun opensolaris snv 25 • sun opensolaris snv 26 • sun opensolaris snv 27 • sun opensolaris snv 28 • sun opensolaris snv 29 • sun opensolaris snv 30 • sun opensolaris snv 31 • sun opensolaris snv 32 • sun opensolaris snv 33 • sun opensolaris snv 34 • sun opensolaris snv 35 • sun opensolaris snv 36 • sun opensolaris snv 37 • sun opensolaris snv 38 • sun opensolaris snv 39 • sun opensolaris snv 40 • sun opensolaris snv 41 • sun opensolaris snv 42 • sun opensolaris snv 43 • sun opensolaris snv 44 • sun opensolaris snv 45 • sun opensolaris snv 46 • sun opensolaris snv 47 • sun opensolaris snv 48 • sun opensolaris snv 49 • sun opensolaris snv 50 • sun opensolaris snv 51 • sun opensolaris snv 52 • sun opensolaris snv 53 … and 56 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References