{"id":"SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1","summary":"Security update for dhcp","details":"\nThis update for dhcp fixes the following issues:\n\n- CVE-2015-8605: A remote attacker could have used badly formed packets with an invalid IPv4 UDP length field to cause a DHCP server, client, or relay program to terminate abnormally (bsc#961305)\n\nThe following bugs were fixed:\n\n- bsc#936923: Improper lease duration checking\n- bsc#880984: Integer overflows in the date and time handling code\n- bsc#956159: fixed service files to start dhcpd after slapd\n- bsc#960506: Improve exit reason and logging when /sbin/dhclient-script is unable to pre-init requested interface\n- bsc#947780: DHCP server could abort with 'Unable to set up timer: out of range' on very long or infinite timer intervals / lease lifetimes \n- bsc#912098: dhclient could pretend to run while silently declining leases\n- bsc#919959: server: Do not log success report before send reported success\n- bsc#928390: dhclient dit not expose next-server DHCPv4 option to script\n- bsc#926159: DHCP preferrend and valid lifetime would be logged incorrectly\n- bsc#910686: Prevent a dependency conflict of dhcp-devel with bind-devel package\n\nThe following tracked changes affect the build of the package only:\n\n- bsc#891961: Disabled /sbin/service legacy-action hooks\n","modified":"2026-03-11T06:20:59.517569Z","published":"2016-02-22T13:35:56Z","related":["CVE-2015-8605"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8605"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20160540-1/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/880984"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/891961"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/910686"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/912098"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/919959"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/926159"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/928390"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/936923"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/947780"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/956159"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/960506"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/961305"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8605"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"dhcp","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dhcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dhcp-client":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dhcp","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dhcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dhcp-devel":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dhcp","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dhcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dhcp-client":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp-relay":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp-server":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"dhcp","ecosystem":"SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12","purl":"pkg:rpm/suse/dhcp&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"dhcp-server":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp-client":"4.2.6-14.3.1","dhcp-relay":"4.2.6-14.3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}