DoS by sending message over IPv6 for a declined and abandoned address.

Bug #720729 reported by Dave Walker
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isc-dhcp (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
isc-dhcp (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Dave Walker

Bug Description

"The DHCPv6 server in ISC DHCP 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.2-P1, 4.0-ESV and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R1, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1b1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon crash) by sending a message over IPv6 for a declined and abandoned address."

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Dave Walker (davewalker)
visibility: private → public
Changed in isc-dhcp (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Dave Walker (davewalker)
Changed in isc-dhcp (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Dave Walker (davewalker)
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package isc-dhcp - 4.1.1-P1-15ubuntu3

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isc-dhcp (4.1.1-P1-15ubuntu3) natty; urgency=low

  * SECURITY UPDATE: denial of service via processing of message from an address
    that was previously declined, causing assert failure. (LP: #720729)
    - debian/patches/CVE-2011-0413.dpatch: Reclaim the previously abandoned
      address in isc-dhcp/server/mdb6.c, by retagging the lease and adding
      a sane expiration value. Based on changes between upstream releases
      4.1.2 and 4.1.2-P1
    - CVE-2011-0413
 -- Dave Walker (Daviey) <email address hidden> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:24:57 +0000

Changed in isc-dhcp (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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