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CVE-2004-0460

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 45.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2004-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the logging capability for the DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple hostname options in (1) DISCOVER, (2) OFFER, (3) REQUEST, (4) ACK, or (5) NAK messages, which can generate a long string when writing to a log file.

Affected products

• Infoblox Dns One Appliance: 2.3.1_r5, 2.4.0.8, 2.4.0.8a
• ISC Dhcpd: 3.0.1-rc12, 3.0.1-rc13
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 10.0
• RedHat Fedora Core: core_2.0
• Suse Email Server: iii
• Suse Linux: 7, 8, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 9.0 (+1)
• Suse Linux Admin-Cd For Firewall: all versions
• Suse Linux Connectivity Server: all versions
• Suse Linux Database Server: all versions
• Suse Linux Firewall Cd: all versions
• Suse Linux Office Server: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108795911203342&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108843959502356&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108938625206063&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23265
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/317350
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:061
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_19_dhcp_server.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10590
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-174A.html
• http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16475
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108795911203342&w=2

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