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isc-dhcp — security advisory
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
- Products
- isc-dhcp
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.2.4-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3955
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3955
isc-dhcp
Fixed versions: 4.2.4-2
isc-dhcp
Fixed versions: 4.2.4-2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3955",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3955",
"summary": "ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R7 and 4.2.x before 4.2.4-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) in opportunistic circumstances by establishing an IPv6 lease in an environment where the lease expiration time is later reduced.",
"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3955",
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"severity": "unknown",
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"aliases": [
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}
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"purl": "pkg:deb/debian/isc-dhcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
"database_specific": {
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},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
},
{
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"package": {
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},
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},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"urgency": "not yet assigned"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:23.281962670Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2012-3955"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3955"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2012-3955",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416659,
"published_at": "2012-09-14T10:33:21.307+00:00"
}