CVE-2023-50433

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

29/04/2024

Last modified:

21/11/2024

Description

marshall in dhcp_packet.c in simple-dhcp-server through ec976d2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a malicious DHCP packet. The crash is caused by a type confusion bug that results in a large memory allocation; when this memory allocation fails the DHCP server will crash.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/esorics2024.pdf
https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/esorics2024.pdf