Title : OpenBSD "cons_options()" DHCP Request Stack Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3459 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5365
Rated as : High Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-10
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in OpenBSD, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a stack overflow error in the "cons_options()" [usr.sbin/dhcpd/options.c] function when processing specially crafted DHCP requests, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable system or potentially execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
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