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CVE-2010-3616

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-3616 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ISC DHCP server 4.2 before 4.2.0-P2, specifically when configured for failover partnerships. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a communications-interrupted state and disrupt DHCP client services by connecting to a port intended only for failover peers, as demonstrated by a simple TCP port scan. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0795 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-3616Moderate

dhcp: server hangs with TCP to failover peer port

Dec 7, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052329.html
secunia.com / advisories/42618
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42682
lists.isc.org / pipermail/dhcp-users/2010-December/012368.html
isc.org / software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3616
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/159528
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/45360
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3208
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0052