CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0808

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
3.24%

87th percentile - higher than 87% of all known CVEs

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) versions 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the DHCP server, leading to network access disruption for users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the DHCP server to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities and to monitor logs for potential attack attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple buffer overflows in ISC DHCP Distribution server (dhcpd) 1.0 and 2.0 allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via long options.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS