Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870801
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for dhcp RHSA-2012:1140-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast address. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled zero-length client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted request to dhcpd, possibly causing it to enter an infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2012-3571) Upstream acknowledges Markus Hietava of the Codenomicon CROSS project as the original reporter of this issue. Users of DHCP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, all DHCP servers will be restarted automatically. Affected Software/OS: dhcp on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 6.1 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3571 BugTraq ID: 54665 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665 Debian Security Information: DSA-2516 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516 Debian Security Information: DSA-2519 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1140 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1141 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1006 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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