CVE-2007-5365
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 80.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD 4.0 through 4.2, and some other dhcpd implementations based on ISC dhcp-2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DHCP request specifying a maximum message size smaller than the minimum IP MTU.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 80.3% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5343)
- Published
- October 11, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5343 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- openbsd / openbsd
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- redhat / enterprise linux
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- redhat / linux advanced workstation
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446354
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27160(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27273(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27338(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27350(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32668(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021157
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-109077-21-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243806-1
- http://www.coresecurity.com/index.php5?module=ContentMod&action=item&id=1962
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1388
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.sbin/dhcpd/options.c(Patch)
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html#016_dhcpd(Patch)
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#010_dhcpd(Patch)
- http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#001_dhcpd(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0970.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482085/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483230/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25984(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32213
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018794
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-531-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-531-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3088(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37045
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5817
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4601
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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