DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2494

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2494

    Published: 28 Mar 2013Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2494

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2494

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: isc-dhcp

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/isc-dhcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.4-6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High