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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831501
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for dhcp MDVSA-2011:182 (dhcp)
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:
A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in dhcp:
dhcpd in ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.2.3-P1 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R4
does not properly handle regular expressions in dhcpd.conf, which
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)
via a crafted request packet (CVE-2011-4539).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
dhcp on Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4539
BugTraq ID: 50971
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50971
Debian Security Information: DSA-2519 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071549.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070980.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:182
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026393
http://secunia.com/advisories/47153
http://secunia.com/advisories/47178
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1318 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-12/msg00006.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1309-1
XForce ISS Database: isc-dhcp-dhcpd-regex-dos(71680)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71680
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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