Summary
The remote host is missing an update to dhcp
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:172.
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:172 http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51717
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in ISC DHCP:
ISC DHCP Server is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the improper handling of DHCP requests. If the host definitions are mixed using dhcp-client-identifier and hardware ethernet, a remote attacker could send specially-crafted DHCP requests to cause the server to stop responding (CVE-2009-1892).
This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1892 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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