Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3442-1 isc-dhcp -- security update

Date Reported:
13 Jan 2016
Affected Packages:
isc-dhcp
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 810875.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-8605.
More information:

It was discovered that a maliciously crafted packet can crash any of the isc-dhcp applications. This includes the DHCP client, relay, and server application. Only IPv4 setups are affected.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u8.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.1-6+deb8u2.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your isc-dhcp packages.