CVE-2011-2749 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC DHCP versions 3.x and 4.x, including specific ESV releases, affecting various Linux distributions. Remote attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted BOOTP packet, causing the DHCP daemon to crash. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to complete availability loss. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, 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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.