CVE-2009-1892

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

dhcpd in ISC DHCP 3.0.4 and 3.1.1, when the dhcp-client-identifier and hardware ethernet configuration settings are both used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified requests.

Affected products

ISC DHCP: 3.0.4, 3.0.4_b1, 3.0.4_b2, 3.0.4_b3, 3.1.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/35830
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851
http://secunia.com/advisories/36457
http://secunia.com/advisories/37342
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:154
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35669
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51717
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01177.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00340.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/35830
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851

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