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[RHSA-2012:1140-01] Moderate: dhcp security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Moderate: dhcp security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1140-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.html

Issue date: 2012-08-03

CVE Names: CVE-2012-3571

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1. Summary:

 

Updated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available for

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

 

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate

security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,

which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in

the References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

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

zero-length client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to

send a specially-crafted request to dhcpd, possibly causing it to enter an

infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2012-3571)

 

Upstream acknowledges Markus Hietava of the Codenomicon CROSS project as

the original reporter of this issue.

 

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.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to

use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

842420 - CVE-2012-3571 dhcp: DoS due to error in handling malformed client identifiers

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

 

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

 

x86_64:

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.src.rpm

 

i386:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

 

ia64:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm

 

ppc:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

dhclient-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

dhcp-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.i386.rpm

libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-31.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3571.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2012-3571

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.

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