CVE-2006-3122
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
The supersede_lease function in memory.c in ISC DHCP (dhcpd) server 2.0pl5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCPDISCOVER packet with a 32 byte client-identifier, which causes the packet to be interpreted as a corrupt uid and causes the server to exit with "corrupt lease uid."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3119)
- Published
- August 9, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3119 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- isc / dhcpd
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380273
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21345(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21363(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21655
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016755
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1143(Patch)
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata.html#dhcpd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19348
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3158(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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