UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8605

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8605

    Published: 12 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8605
    Aliases:
    USN-2868-1

    Summary:

    Details: ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8605, https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01334, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2868-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8605

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: isc-dhcp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4

    Affected 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

    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