CentOS Update for dhclient CESA-2011:1819 centos6
🗓️ 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| isc-dhcp-server -- Remote DoS | 7 Dec 201100:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Medium: dhcp | 5 Jan 201200:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : dhcp (ALAS-2012-31) | 4 Sep 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : dhcp (CESA-2011:1819) | 23 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2519-2 : isc-dhcp - several vulnerabilities | 2 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 15 : dhcp-4.2.1-14.P1.fc15 (2011-16976) | 3 Jan 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : dhcp-4.2.3-4.P1.fc16 (2011-16981) | 15 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : isc-dhcp-server -- Remote DoS (93be487e-211f-11e1-89b4-001ec9578670) | 8 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201301-06 : ISC DHCP: Denial of Service | 9 Jan 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : dhcp (MDVSA-2011:182) | 9 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus |
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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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