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CVE-2013-2494

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.

How to fix

Remediation Available
isc-dhcpDebian
Fixed in:4.2.4-6CVE-2013-2494
Fixed in:4.2.4-6CVE-2013-2494
Fixed in:4.2.4-6CVE-2013-2494
Fixed in:4.2.4-6CVE-2013-2494

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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