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CVE-2017-3144: Failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can exhaust available sockets

First published: Wed Dec 06 2017(Updated: )

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

Credit: security-officer@isc.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
debian/isc-dhcp<=4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u8<=4.3.1-6
4.3.5-3.1
4.3.5-3+deb9u1
4.3.1-6+deb8u3
debian/isc-dhcp
4.4.1-2.3+deb11u2
4.4.1-2.3+deb11u1
4.4.3-P1-2
4.4.3-P1-5
ISC DHCP Server>=4.2.0<=4.2.8
ISC DHCP Server>=4.3.0<=4.3.6
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r10
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r10_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r10_rc1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r11
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r11_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r11_rc1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r11_rc2
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r12
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r12_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r12_p1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r13
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r13_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r14
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r14_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r15
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r2
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r3
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r3_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r4
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r5
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r5_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r5_rc1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r5_rc2
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r6
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r7
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r8
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r8_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r8_rc1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r9
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r9_b1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1-esv-r9_rc1
ISC DHCP Server=4.1.0
redhat enterprise Linux desktop=7.0
redhat enterprise Linux server=7.0
redhat enterprise Linux server aus=7.4
redhat enterprise Linux server aus=7.6
redhat enterprise Linux server eus=7.4
redhat enterprise Linux server eus=7.5
redhat enterprise Linux server eus=7.6
redhat enterprise Linux server tus=7.4
redhat enterprise Linux server tus=7.6
redhat enterprise Linux workstation=7.0
Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Ubuntu Linux=17.10
Debian GNU/Linux=8.0
Debian GNU/Linux=9.0

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