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CVE-2015-8605

Published: Jan 14, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
76.4%
Top 0.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

sophos
commercial·GBaka sophos ltd.
unified threat management up2date
Security Products
isc
commercial·USaka internet systems consortium
dhcp
Networking Infrastructure
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034657
securitytracker.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00168.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://blogs.sophos.com/2016/02/17/utm-up2date-9-354-released/
blogs.sophos.com
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