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CVE-2007-0062 Detail

Current Description

Integer overflow in the ISC dhcpd 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1; and the DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528; allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP packet with a large dhcp-max-message-size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow, related to servers configured to send many DHCP options to clients.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/03/2008)

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-0062

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227135 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27694 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31396 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34263 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-05.xml CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0041 CVE, MITRE
http://www.iss.net/threats/275.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:153 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501759/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25729 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018717 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=339561 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33102 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0062
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE