CVE-2018-5733 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-5733 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 16/01/2019 | CVE Updated: 17/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: isc | Vendor: ISC | Product: ISC DHCP
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2018-5733 Description

A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may exhaust the memory available to dhcpd and/or cause it to crash, resulting in a denial of service to clients.
Source: ISC

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).