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Medium DLA-3146-1 2 CVEs

isc-dhcp - security update

Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Mar 9, 2026

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Debian · 10 isc-dhcp 4.4.1-2+deb10u2

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Medium 6.5

    An option refcount overflow exists in dhcpd

    In ISC DHCP 4.4.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1, when the function option_code_hash_lookup() is called from add_option(), it increases the option's refcount field. However, there is not a corresponding call to option_dereference() to decreme…

  • Medium 6.5

    DHCP memory leak

    In ISC DHCP 1.0 -> 4.4.3, ISC DHCP 4.1-ESV-R1 -> 4.1-ESV-R16-P1 a system with access to a DHCP server, sending DHCP packets crafted to include fqdn labels longer than 63 bytes, could eventually cause the server to run out of memory.