{"id":"USN-2868-1","summary":"isc-dhcp vulnerability","details":"Sebastian Poehn discovered that the DHCP server, client, and relay\nincorrectly handled certain malformed UDP packets. A remote attacker could\nuse this issue to cause the DHCP server, client, or relay to stop\nresponding, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:56Z","published":"2016-01-13T12:36:52Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8605"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8605","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8605"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2868-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8605"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"isc-dhcp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/isc-dhcp@4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4"}]}],"versions":["4.2.4-7ubuntu8","4.2.4-7ubuntu9","4.2.4-7ubuntu10","4.2.4-7ubuntu11","4.2.4-7ubuntu12","4.2.4-7ubuntu12.1","4.2.4-7ubuntu12.2","4.2.4-7ubuntu12.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-client"},{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-common"},{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-dev"},{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-relay"},{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-server"},{"binary_version":"4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4","binary_name":"isc-dhcp-server-ldap"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8605","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2868-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}