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isc-dhcp — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733

A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

Products
isc-dhcp
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.3.5-3.1
CVEs
CVE-2018-5733
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 00:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Jan 2019, 20:29 UTC

A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733

isc-dhcp

Fixed versions: 4.3.5-3.1

isc-dhcp

Fixed versions: 4.3.5-3.1

Complete source record
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  "id": "8f8a366fb1ebeb5460a5706a0053403059204f49822b9ed0da4b452d7128dc15",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733",
    "summary": "A malicious client which is allowed to send very large amounts of traffic (billions of packets) to a DHCP server can eventually overflow a 32-bit reference counter, potentially causing dhcpd to crash. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 -> 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 -> 4.2.8, 4.3.0 -> 4.3.6, 4.4.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "isc-dhcp",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "4.3.5-3.1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "isc-dhcp",
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "isc-dhcp",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/isc-dhcp?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5733.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
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            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "isc-dhcp",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/isc-dhcp?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T18:03:58.394019528Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2018-5733"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-5733"
      ]
    },
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 422785,
  "published_at": "2019-01-16T20:29:00.753+00:00"
}