Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
https://www.isc.org/node/468
http://secunia.com/advisories/35785
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410676
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c444c8b7-7169-11de-9ab7-000c29a67389.html
Insight
The following packages are affected:
isc-dhcp31-client
isc-dhcp30-client
CVE-2009-0692
Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.
Severity
Classification
-
CVE CVE-2009-0692 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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