CVE-2017-3144 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-3144: Failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can exhaust available sockets

Vendor Isc
Product ISC DHCP
Published January 16, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated