RHSA-2009:1136-01 -- Redhat dhcpID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:500583 | Date: (C)2012-01-31 (M)2023-02-20 |
Class: PATCH | Family: unix |
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 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. The Mandriva Linux Engineering Team discovered a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the ISC DHCP client. If the DHCP client were to receive a malicious DHCP response, it could crash or execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the client . Users of DHCP should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Platform: |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 |