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isc-dhcp — security advisory
The logging functionality in dhcpd in ISC DHCP before 4.2.3-P2, when using Dynamic DNS (DDNS) and issuing IPv6 addresses, does not properly handle the DHCPv6 lease structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via crafted packets related to a lease-status update.
- Products
- isc-dhcp
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-4868
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:42 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The logging functionality in dhcpd in ISC DHCP before 4.2.3-P2, when using Dynamic DNS (DDNS) and issuing IPv6 addresses, does not properly handle the DHCPv6 lease structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via crafted packets related to a lease-status update.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4868
isc-dhcp
Fixed versions: 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5
isc-dhcp
Fixed versions: 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:50.758073649Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 419252,
"published_at": "2012-01-15T03:55:12.953+00:00"
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