Vulnerability Report

CVE-2010-3616

Title: Isc Dhcp Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2010-3616.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Dec 17, 2010
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
6.07%

Vulnerability Summary

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 (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.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052329.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42618 http://secunia.com/advisories/42682 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159528 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:001 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45360 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024862 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3208 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0052 https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2010-December/012368.html https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3616 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052329.html http://secunia.com/advisories/42618 http://secunia.com/advisories/42682 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/159528 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:001 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45360 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024862 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3208 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0052 https://lists.isc.org/pipermail/dhcp-users/2010-December/012368.html https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2010-3616
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2010-3616 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.