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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841157
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1571-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp3, isc-dhcp' package(s) announced via the USN-1571-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp3, isc-dhcp' package(s) announced via the USN-1571-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Glen Eustace discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled IPv6
expiration times. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause DHCP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
11.04, Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-3955)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the DHCP AppArmor profile could be escaped by
using environment variables. This update mitigates the issue by sanitizing
certain variables in the DHCP shell scripts.

Affected Software/OS:
'dhcp3, isc-dhcp' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3955
BugTraq ID: 55530
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55530
Debian Security Information: DSA-2551 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2551
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086992.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/088882.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/088220.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:153
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2013:0504
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0504.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027528
http://secunia.com/advisories/51318
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1234 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00088.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1252 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00103.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1254 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00105.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1571-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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