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CVE-2004-1006
Format string vulnerability in the log functions in dhcpd for dhcp 2.x allows remote DNS servers to execute arbitrary code via certain DNS…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 8.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the log functions in dhcpd for dhcp 2.x allows remote DNS servers to execute arbitrary code via certain DNS messages, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0702.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 17 days later
· 17 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)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20041105 Re: debian dhcpd, old format string bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#448384 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 11591 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041025 debian dhcpd, old format string bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- dhcp-log-format-string(17963) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041102 Re: debian dhcpd, old format string bug (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2004-1004 (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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