Ubuntu USN-803-1 (dhcp3)

The remote host is missing an update to dhcp3 announced via advisory USN-803-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ubuntu8031.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ $Id: ubuntu8031.nasl 7969 2017-12-01 09:23:16Z santu $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory USN-803-1 dhcp3 Authors: Thomas Reinke...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 : dhcp3 vulnerability (USN-803-1)

It was discovered that the DHCP client as included in dhcp3 did not verify the length of certain option fields when processing a response from an IPv4 dhcp server. If a user running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS or 8.04 LTS connected to a malicious dhcp server, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service...