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CVE-2017-3144

59
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-3144 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC DHCP versions 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, and 4.3.0 to 4.3.6, affecting products from vendors like Canonical, Debian, ISC, and Red Hat. It arises from improper cleanup of closed OMAPI connections, leading to exhaustion of socket descriptors and DHCP server crashes. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in high availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.2.0, <= 4.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.3.0, <= 4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1-esvCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1-esvCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1-esvCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:r10:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7272 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: dhcp-12:4.2.5-58.el7_4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-3144Moderate

dhcp: omapi code doesn't free socket descriptors when empty message is received allowing denial-of-service

Dec 7, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0158
Third Party Advisory
kb.isc.org / docs/aa-01541
Vendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3586-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4133
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102726
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040194
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry