dhcpcd security update

Advisory:	RHSA-2005:603-07
Type:	Security Advisory
Severity:	Moderate
Issued on:	2005-07-27
Last updated on:	2005-07-27
Affected Products:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1) Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor
OVAL:	N/A
CVEs (cve.mitre.org):	CVE-2005-1848

Details

An updated dhcpcd package that fixes a denial of service issue is
now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

The dhcpcd package includes a DHCP client daemon.

An out of bounds memory read bug was found in dhcpcd. A malicious user on
the local network could send a specially crafted DHCP packet to the client
causing it to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
assigned the name CAN-2005-1848 to this issue.

Users of dhcpcd should update to this erratum package, which contains a
patch that resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm	`b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505`

IA-32:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.rpm	`e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a`

IA-64:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.ia64.rpm	`4f766b091e10331658f38828df7dd985`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm	`b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505`

IA-32:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.rpm	`e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a`

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)

SRPMS:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm	`b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505`

IA-32:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.i386.rpm	`e2accda34fcf2949a6b0d96b448f664a`

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor

SRPMS:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.src.rpm	`b2d5aa9d71b2332f0a90a4d91c66f505`

IA-64:
dhcpcd-1.3.20pl0-2.ia64.rpm	`4f766b091e10331658f38828df7dd985`

(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

162009 - CAN-2005-1848 dhcpcd bad packet crash

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1848

Keywords

dhcp, dhcpcd

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