ISC DHCP up to 4.2.4 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in ISC DHCP up to 4.2.4 (Network Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.

The weakness was disclosed 07/24/2012 by Markus Hietava with Codenomicon CROSS Project as CERT-FI Advisory on ISC DHCP as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at cert.fi. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3571 since 06/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68593 (Oracle Linux 5 : dhcp (ELSA-2012-1140)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350632 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for dhcp: ALAS-2012-115).

Upgrading to version 4.2.4-P1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77181) and Tenable (68593). The entries 5880 and 5881 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 68593
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : dhcp (ELSA-2012-1140)
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OpenVAS ID: 71493
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2516-1 (isc-dhcp)
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Upgrade: DHCP 4.2.4-P1

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Vendor: isc.org

Advisory: CERT-FI Advisory on ISC DHCP
Researcher: Markus Hietava
Organization: Codenomicon CROSS Project
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3571 (🔍)
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X-Force: 77181
Vulnerability Center: 35833 - ISC DHCP Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Malformed Client Identifier, Medium
SecurityFocus: 54665 - ISC DHCP Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50017 - Debian update for isc-dhcp, Less Critical
OSVDB: 84255

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/09/2012 13:12
Updated: 03/27/2021 08:11
Changes: 08/09/2012 13:12 (79), 04/15/2017 16:24 (12), 03/27/2021 08:11 (3)
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