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    CVE-2013-2494

    libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.

    Published:Mar 26, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Mar 28, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.01036
    CVSS Score:4.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Isc
    Product
    Dhcp

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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