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CVE-2010-3616
ISC DHCP server 4.2 before 4.2.0-P2, when configured to use failover partnerships, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.9%
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- certcc
Description
ISC DHCP server 4.2 before 4.2.0-P2, when configured to use failover partnerships, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (communications-interrupted state and DHCP client service loss) by connecting to a port that is only intended for a failover peer, as demonstrated by a Nagios check_tcp process check to TCP port 520.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.9% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- FEDORA-2010-18856 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 42618 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3208 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0052 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [dhcp-users] 20101207 nagios check_tcp kills failover, then dhcp failure. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3616 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#159528 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1024862 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 45360 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 42682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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