ubuntu-cve-2016-2774
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-03-09 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-client",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-client-noddns",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-common",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-relay",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-server",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-server-ldap",
"binary_version": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
"name": "isc-dhcp",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/isc-dhcp@4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.2.4-7ubuntu8",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu9",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu10",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu11",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.1",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.2",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.3",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.5",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.6",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.7",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.8",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.9",
"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.10"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-client",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-client-ddns",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-common",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-relay",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-server",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
},
{
"binary_name": "isc-dhcp-server-ldap",
"binary_version": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
"name": "isc-dhcp",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/isc-dhcp@4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4.3.1-5ubuntu3",
"4.3.1-5ubuntu4",
"4.3.1-5ubuntu5",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu1",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu2",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu4",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu5",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu7",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu8",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu9",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu10",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu11",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12.1",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12.3",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12.4",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12.6",
"4.3.3-5ubuntu12.7"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2774",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:56Z",
"published": "2016-03-09T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2774"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01354"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3586-1"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2774"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-3586-1"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-2774"
]
}
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