CVE-2003-0026

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 18.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-01-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the error handling routines of the minires library, as used in the NSUPDATE capability for ISC DHCPD 3.0 through 3.0.1RC10, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DHCP message containing a long hostname.

Affected products

ISC Dhcpd: 3.0, 3.0.1-rc1, 3.0.1-rc2, 3.0.1-rc3, 3.0.1-rc4, 3.0.1-rc5 (+3)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0250.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000562
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-01.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-031.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-231
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/284857
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:007
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2003.002.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-011.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6627
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005924
http://www.suse.com/de/security/2003_006_dhcp.html

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