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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2018-5739 EUVD-2018-17508GHSA-h3j8-24jg-q44j

Failure to release memory may exhaust system resources

Published Jan 16, 2019 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by isc

Description

An extension to hooks capabilities which debuted in Kea 1.4.0 introduced a memory leak for operators who are using certain hooks library facilities. In order to support multiple requests simultaneously, Kea 1.4 added a callout handle store but unfortunately the initial implementation of this store does not properly free memory in every case. Hooks which make use of query4 or query6 parameters in their callouts can leak memory, resulting in the eventual exhaustion of available memory and subsequent failure of the server process. Affects Kea DHCP 1.4.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
ISC Kea DHCP Kea DHCP 1.4.0 —

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