USN-2868-1

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    USN-2868-1

    Published: 13 Jan 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: isc-dhcp vulnerability

    Details: Sebastian Poehn discovered that the DHCP server, client, and relay incorrectly handled certain malformed UDP packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the DHCP server, client, or relay to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2868-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/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