CVE-2013-2494
EPSS 1.0%
Description
libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.
How to fix CVE-2013-2494
To remediate CVE-2013-2494, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/isc-dhcp—upgrade to 4.2.4-6 or later
Is CVE-2013-2494 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 4.2.4-6