Pardus alert 2011-36 (dhcp)

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Meltem  <meltem@pardus.org.tr> 
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[Pardus-security]  [PLSA 2011-36] DHCP: Denial of Service 
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Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:13:22 +0200
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Pardus Linux Security Advisory 2011-36            security@pardus.org.tr
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      Date: 2011-02-14
  Severity: 3
      Type: Remote
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Summary
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A vulnerability has been  fixed  indhcp,  which  can  be  exploited  by 
malicious users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). 


Description
===========

CVE-2011-0413: 

The DHCPv6 server in ISC DHCP 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.2-P1,  4.0-ESV 
and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R1, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1b1  allows  remote 
attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion  failure  and  daemon 
crash) by sending a message over IPv6  for  a  declined  and  abandoned 
address. 



Affected packages:

  Pardus 2009:
    dhcp, all before 4.2.1_beta1-25-8


Resolution
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There are update(s) for dhcp. You can update them via Package Manager or
with a single command from console: 

    pisi up dhcp

References
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  * http://bugs.pardus.org.tr/show_bug.cgi?id=16697
  * http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2011-...

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