CVE-2009-1892

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2009-1892 · Published 17/07/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2009-1892 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting dhcp (isc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.6%, higher than 95.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dhcp isc	`= 3.0.4= 3.0.4_b1= 3.0.4_b2= 3.0.4_b3= 3.1.1`	No fix yet

Description

dhcpd in ISC DHCP 3.0.4 and 3.1.1, when the dhcp-client-identifier and hardware ethernet configuration settings are both used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified requests.

References

secunia.com/advisories/35830 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/35851 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/36457
secunia.com/advisories/37342
debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833 · Patch
mandriva.com/security/advisories
securityfocus.com/bid/35669 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51717
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01177.html
redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00340.html

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

dhcp

isc

= 3.0.4= 3.0.4_b1= 3.0.4_b2= 3.0.4_b3= 3.1.1

No fix yet

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