6.5

CVE-2015-8605: canonical ubuntu_linux Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2016-0028SUSE-SU-2016:0481-1SUSE-SU-2016:0540-1
Published 14-01-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8605 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 82.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
82.73%
0%100%
Critical · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10358-1

Timeline

  1. 14-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1, 4.2.x, and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

82.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 82.73% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
82.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse17 products
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3< 4.2.4.P2-0.24.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4< 4.2.4.P2-0.24.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12< 4.2.6-14.3.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 4.3.3-4.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3< 4.2.4.P2-0.24.1
Debian2 products
  • isc-dhcp< 4.3.3-7 | < 4.1.1-P1-15+squeeze9 | < 4.1.1-P1-15+squeeze10 | < 4.2.2.dfsg.1-5+deb70u8 | < 4.3.1-6+deb8u2
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Canonical1 product
Isc1 product
  • dhcp4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.2:p1 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.3:rc1 | 4.1-esv | 4.1-esv:r1 | 4.1-esv:r10 | 4.1-esv:r10_b1 | 4.1-esv:r11_b1 | 4.1-esv:r11_rc1 | 4.1-esv:r11_rc2 | 4.1-esv:r12 | 4.1-esv:r12_b1 | 4.1-esv:r2 | 4.1-esv:r3 | 4.1-esv:r3_b1 | 4.1-esv:r4 | 4.1-esv:r5 | 4.1-esv:r5_b1 | 4.1-esv:r5_rc1 | 4.1-esv:r5_rc2 | 4.1-esv:r6 | 4.1-esv:r7 | 4.1-esv:r8 | 4.1-esv:r8_b1 | 4.1-esv:r8_rc1 | 4.1-esv:r9 | 4.1-esv:r9_b1 | 4.1-esv:r9_rc1 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.1:p1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.2:b1 | 4.1.2:p1 | 4.1.2:rc1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.0:p1 | 4.2.0:p2 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.1:b1 | 4.2.1:p1 | 4.2.1:rc1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.2:b1 | 4.2.2:rc1 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.3:p1 | 4.2.3:p2 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.4:b1 | 4.2.4:p1 | 4.2.4:p2 | 4.2.4:rc1 | 4.2.4:rc2 | 4.2.5 | 4.2.5:b1 | 4.2.5:p1 | 4.2.5:rc1 | 4.2.6 | 4.2.6:b1 | 4.2.6:rc1 | 4.2.7 | 4.2.7:b1 | 4.2.7:rc1 | 4.2.8 | 4.2.8:b1 | 4.2.8:rc1 | 4.2.8:rc2 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.0:a1 | 4.3.0:b1 | 4.3.0:rc1 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.1:b1 | 4.3.1:rc1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.2:b1 | 4.3.2:rc1 | 4.3.2:rc2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.3:b1
Mageia1 product
  • dhcp< 4.3.3P1-1.mga5
Sophos1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • isc-dhcp< 4.2.4-7ubuntu12.4

7 vendors · 24 products

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