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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200808-05">
+ <title>ISC DHCP: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in ISC DHCP.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">dhcp</product>
+ <announced>2008-08-06</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-08-06</revised>
+ <bug>227135</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/dhcp" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">3.1.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">3.1.1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ ISC DHCP is ISC's reference implementation of all aspects of the
+ Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ A buffer overflow error was found in ISC DHCP server, that can only be
+ exploited under unusual server configurations where the DHCP server is
+ configured to provide clients with a large set of DHCP options.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0062">CVE-2007-0062</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-07-01T08:33:40Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-07-04T13:11:49Z">
+ vorlon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-08-01T23:00:13Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>