CVE-2007-5365

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD 4.0 through 4.2, and some other dhcpd implementations based on ISC dhcp-2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DHCP request specifying a maximum message size smaller than the minimum IP MTU.

Affected products

Debian, Dhcp, Dhcp-Client-Udeb, Dhcp-Relay, Dhcpd

Debian Debian Linux

= 3.1, 4.0

Openbsd

= 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

Redhat Enterprise Linux

= 2.1

Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation

= 2.1

Sun Opensolaris

= snv_01, snv_02, snv_03, snv_04, snv_05, snv_06, snv_07, snv_08, snv_09, snv_10, snv_11, snv_12, snv_13, snv_14, snv_15, snv_16, snv_17, snv_18, snv_19, snv_20, snv_21, snv_22, snv_23, snv_24, snv_25, snv_26, snv_27, snv_28, snv_29, snv_30, snv_31, snv_32, snv_33

CVSS 2.0

7.2 HIGH

EPSS

80.3% (100th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-119

NVD status

Modified

Published

2007-10-11