Oracle Linux 6 : dhcp (ELSA-2010-0923)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68151

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0923 :

Updated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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. DHCPv6 is the DHCP protocol version for IPv6 networks.

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the way the dhcpd daemon parsed DHCPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash dhcpd via a specially crafted DHCPv6 packet, if dhcpd was running as a DHCPv6 server. (CVE-2010-3611)

Users running dhcpd as a DHCPv6 server 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.

Solution

Update the affected dhclient, dhcp and / or dhcp-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2010-0923.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68151

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0923.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-3611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:dhcp-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3611

BID: 44615

RHSA: 2010:0923