CVE-2006-3122
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.040 · 91 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The supersede_lease function in memory.c in ISC DHCP (dhcpd) server 2.0pl5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCPDISCOVER packet with a 32 byte client-identifier, which causes the packet to be interpreted as a corrupt uid and causes the server to exit with "corrupt lease uid."
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affected products (2)
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references (18)
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- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380273enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21345enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21363enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21655enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016755enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1143enisa_euvd
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#dhcpdenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19348enisa_euvd
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