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CentOS Update for dhclient CESA-2011:1819 centos6

🗓️ 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhclient' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) vulnerability was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP request packets when regular expression matching was used in '/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf'. A denial of service flaw could crash dhcpd

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2011-December/018339.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881271");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-30 17:14:39 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2012)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4539");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2011:1819");
  script_name("CentOS Update for dhclient CESA-2011:1819 centos6");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhclient'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"dhclient on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows
  individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration
  information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast
  address.

  A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled DHCP
  request packets when regular expression matching was used in
  '/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf'. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash
  dhcpd. (CVE-2011-4539)

  Users of DHCP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
  backported patch to correct this issue. After installing this update, all
  DHCP servers will be restarted automatically.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dhclient", rpm:"dhclient~4.1.1~25.P1.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dhcp", rpm:"dhcp~4.1.1~25.P1.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dhcp-common", rpm:"dhcp-common~4.1.1~25.P1.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dhcp-devel", rpm:"dhcp-devel~4.1.1~25.P1.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 25
EPSS0.15219
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