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CVE-2012-3571

Published: Jul 25, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.1CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
13.0%
Top 4.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

ISC DHCP 4.1.2 through 4.2.4 and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed client identifier.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:AAccess Vector
Adjacent Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

dhcpiscNetworking Infrastructure
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
CentOSThe CentOS Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
isccommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka internet systems consortium
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
the centos projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka centos

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
kb.juniper.net
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.html
rhn.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Jul 25, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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