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Medium USN-5658-2 2 CVEs

isc-dhcp vulnerabilities

Published Nov 7, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

USN-5658-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DHCP. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that DHCP incorrectly handled option reference counting.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DHCP servers to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-2928)

It was discovered that DHCP incorrectly handled certain memory operations.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DHCP clients and
servers to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-2929)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS isc-dhcp 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.10+esm2

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.

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2928
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-2929