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CVE-2010-2156
published 2010-06-07

CVE-2010-2156: ISC DHCP 4.1 before 4.1.1-P1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server exit) via a zero-length client ID.

PriorityP344medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
76.41%
99.5th percentile
ISC DHCP 4.1 before 4.1.1-P1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server exit) via a zero-length client ID.

Affected

6 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianisc-dhcp< isc-dhcp 4.1.1-P1-1 (bookworm)isc-dhcp 4.1.1-P1-1 (bookworm)
iscdhcp
iscdhcp
iscdhcp
iscdhcp
iscdhcp

Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

portUDP sport=68, dport=67
commandDHCP Request with zero-length client_id option: DHCP(options=[("message-type","request"),("client_id",""),("end")])
ip255.255.255.255
  • Detect DHCP Request packets (UDP dst port 67) containing a zero-length client_id option (option 61 with length 0); such packets will crash ISC DHCP 4.0.x/4.1.x servers.
  • Monitor ISC DHCP server process for abnormal/unexpected exits, which may indicate exploitation of this DoS vulnerability via a crafted zero-length client ID.
  • Flag DHCP broadcast traffic sourced from MAC aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa as a known exploit indicator from the public PoC.
  • ·Only ISC DHCP versions 4.1 before 4.1.1-P1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2-P1 are affected; versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5 are NOT vulnerable.
  • ·The exploit requires the attacker to supply a valid IP address within the DHCP server's subnet range for the ciaddr field; brute-forcing the subnet may be needed to identify a correct value.

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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