CVE-2004-0460
Buffer overflow in the logging capability for the DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 allows remote attackers to…
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the logging capability for the DHCP daemon (DHCPD) for ISC DHCP 3.0.1rc12 and 3.0.1rc13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple hostname options in (1) DISCOVER, (2) OFFER, (3) REQUEST, (4) ACK, or (5) NAK messages, which can generate a long string when writing to a log file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 45.3% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- VU#317350 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 10590 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 23265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20040622 DHCP Vuln // no code 0day // (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20040708 [OpenPKG-SA-2004.031] OpenPKG Security Advisory (dhcpd) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2004:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- dhcp-ascii-log-bo(16475) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/c/cert_XRX06_004_v11.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- TA04-174A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20040628 ISC DHCP overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0459 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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