DHCP Regular Expressions Segfault
Segmentation fault from dhcpd while processing an evaluated regular expression
CVE : CVE-2011-4539
Document Version:1.2
Posting date : 07 Dec 2011
Program Impacted : DHCP
Versions affected : 4.0.x and higher, including all EOL versions back to 4.0, 4.1-ESV, and 4.2.x
Severity :Medium
Exploitable :remotely
Description :
A bug exists which allows an attacker who is able
to send DHCP Request packets, either directly or through a relay, to
remotely crash an ISC DHCP server if that server is configured to
evaluate expressions using a regular expression (i.e. uses the "=" or
"" comparison operators.)
Further details are being withheld to allow administrators of
affected systems time to patch. You are potentially vulnerable if you
use regular expression comparison operators in your dhcpd.conf.
CVSS Score : 6.1
CVSS Equation : AV:
For more information on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and to obtain your specific environmental score please visit: http://nvd.nist.gov/cvss.cfm?calculator&adv&version=2&vector=(tbd)
Workarounds:
This bug cannot be triggered if you are not using regular expressions in your configuration file.
Active exploits: None known at this time.
Solution: Upgrade to 4.1-ESV-R4 or 4.2.3-P1
Download patched versions from the following location: http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp
Acknowledgment :
Thank you to BlueCat Networks for finding and testing the issue.
Document Revision History
1.0 30 November 2011 - Phase I notified
1.1 6 December 2011 - Phase II & III notified
1.2 7 December 2011 - Public Release
References :
- Do you have Questions? Questions regarding this advisory should go to security-officer@isc.org.
- ISC Security Vulnerability Disclosure Policy: Details of our current security advisory policy and practice can be found here: https://www.isc.org/security-vulnerability-disclosure-policy
- This security advisory is a copy of the official document located on our website: https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-4539
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