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USN-1519-1: DHCP vulnerabilities

26 July 2012

DHCP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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Details

Markus Hietava discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled certain
malformed client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-3571)

Glen Eustace discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled memory. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2012-3954)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.