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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-0692 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/16/2009)

This issue affected the dhcp packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. Updated packages to correct this issue are available via Red Hat Network: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/CVE-2009-0692.html This issue did not affect the dhcp packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 due to the use of FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism that changes the exploitability of the issue into a controlled application termination.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-010.txt.asc CERT/CC, CVE
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00003.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35785 CERT/CC, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/35829 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35830 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35831 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35832 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35841 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35849 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35850 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35880 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36457 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37342 CERT/CC, CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 CERT/CC, CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-12.xml CERT/CC, CVE
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561471 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410676 CERT/CC, CVE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:151 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/55819 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1136.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35668 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022548 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-803-1 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1891 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 CERT/CC, CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507717 CERT/CC, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10758 CERT/CC, CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5941 CERT/CC, CVE
https://www.isc.org/downloadables/12 CERT/CC, CVE
https://www.isc.org/node/468 CERT/CC, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01177.html CERT/CC, CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00340.html CERT/CC, CVE

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  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0692
NVD Published Date:
07/14/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/22/2026
Source:
CERT/CC