CVE-2016-2774
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 65.6%isc-dhcp - security update
Published: 3/9/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/isc-dhcpfrom 0, < 4.3.4-1
- Debian/isc-dhcpfrom 0, < 4.3.1-6+deb8u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |