CVE-2011-2748 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISC DHCP versions 3.x and 4.x, specifically before 4.2.2, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R3, and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R3. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the DHCP daemon by sending a specially crafted DHCP packet. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) and an AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C vector, it indicates a remotely exploitable issue with low attack complexity that can lead to complete service unavailability. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc10:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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