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TITLE:
dhcpcd Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15982

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15982/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

SOFTWARE:
dhcpcd 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/5351/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in dhcpcd, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in "client.c"
when processing a reply from the dhcp server. This can be exploited
to cause dhcpcd to crash.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3.22-pl4. Prior
versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
No updates are currently available from the vendor.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
infamous42md

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Debian:
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-750

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