Security Bulletin
Summary
ISC DHCP on IBM i is vulnerable to the issue described in the vulnerability details section. IBM i has addressed the vulnerability in the ISC DHCP implementation.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2021-25217
DESCRIPTION: ISC DHCP is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overrun in program code used to read and parse stored leases. A remote attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to cause a crash in the DHCP server or DHCP client.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/202604 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
IBM i | 7.4 |
IBM i | 7.3 |
IBM i | 7.2 |
IBM i | 7.1 |
Remediation/Fixes
Release 7.4 - SI76506
Release 7.3 - SI76507
Release 7.2 - SI76509
Release 7.1 - SI76508
https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral
Important note: IBM recommends that all users running unsupported versions of affected products upgrade to supported and fixed version of affected products.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
17 Sep 2021: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
17 September 2021
UID
ibm16490433