Vulnerability CVE-2013-2494


Published: 2013-03-28

Description:
libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
ISC -> DHCP 

 References:
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/

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