Ask the Community
Groups
CVE-2018-5733 dhcp: Reference count overflow in dhcpd allows denial of service - Connect IT Community | Kaseya
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-id="cve-id"><strong>CVE ID</strong></h3> <p>CVE-2018-5733</p> <h3 data-id="description"><strong>DESCRIPTION</strong></h3> <p>A denial of service flaw was found in the way dhcpd handled reference counting when processing client requests. A malicious DHCP client could use this flaw to trigger a reference count overflow on the server side, potentially causing dhcpd to crash, by sending large amounts of traffic.<br><br>CVSS3 Base Score 5.9<br> </p> <h3 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h3> <p>Apply Unitrends security update v10.26 from 03/09/2018 or later,<br> containing dhclient-4.1.1-53.P1.el6.centos.1<br> </p> <h3 data-id="link-to-advisories"><strong>LINK TO ADVISORIES</strong></h3> <p></p> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fsecurity%2Fcve%2Fcve-2018-5733%250D%250Ahttps%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Ferrata%2FRHSA-2018%3A0469%250D%250Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fweb.nvd.nist.gov%2Fview%2Fvuln%2Fdetail%3FvulnId%3DCVE-2018-5733">https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-5733 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0469 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-5733</a></li></ul> </article> </main>