CVE-2017-3144

Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
17.6%
top 4.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 16
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages7 packages

Debianisc-dhcp< 4.3.5-3.1+2
Ubuntuisc-dhcp< 4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12+1
NVDisc/dhcp4.2.04.2.8+3
CVEListV5isc/isc_dhcpISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, Enterprise Linux 7.4, 7.6, 7.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-4wqw-h6w8-f8qg: A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available2022-05-13
CVEList
Failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can exhaust available sockets2019-01-16
OSV
CVE-2017-3144: A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available2019-01-16
OSV
isc-dhcp vulnerabilities2018-03-01

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
DHCP vulnerabilities2018-03-01
Red Hat
dhcp: omapi code doesn't free socket descriptors when empty message is received allowing denial-of-service2017-12-07
Debian
CVE-2017-3144: isc-dhcp - A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connecti...2017

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-3144 dhcp: omapi code doesn't free socket descriptors when empty message is received allowing denial-of-service [fedora-all]2017-12-08
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-3144 dhcp: omapi code doesn't free socket descriptors when empty message is received allowing denial-of-service2017-12-06