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title: "CVE-2011-2749\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-2749

Publication date 11 August 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The server in ISC DHCP 3.x and 4.x before 4.2.2, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R3,
and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (daemon exit) via a crafted BOOTP packet.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dhcp3 | 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 3.1.3-2ubuntu6.3 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9.3 |
| isc-dhcp | 11.04 natty | Fixed 4.1.1-P1-15ubuntu9.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2749)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2749)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2749)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2749)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1190-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1190-1)
+ DHCP vulnerabilities
+ 15 August 2011

### Other references

* <http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-2748>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2749>
