7.5

CVE-2017-3144: canonical ubuntu_linux Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0458SUSE-SU-2018:0444-1SUSE-SU-2018:0532-1
Published 16-01-2019Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-3144 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 72.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
72.72%
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 3 · Related 2
DSA-4133-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10715-1USN-3586-1

Timeline

  1. 16-01-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability stemming from failure to properly clean up closed OMAPI connections can lead to exhaustion of the pool of socket descriptors available to the DHCP server. Affects ISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 5 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

72.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 72.72% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
72.72%

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

Redhat12 products
Suse12 products
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2< 4.3.3-10.11.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3< 4.3.3-10.11.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 4.2.4.P2-0.28.5.3
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2< 4.3.3-10.11.1
  • dhcp&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3< 4.3.3-10.11.1
Debian2 products
Isc2 products
  • dhcp≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.8 | ≥ 4.3.0, ≤ 4.3.6 | 4.1-esv | 4.1-esv:r1 | 4.1-esv:r10 | 4.1-esv:r10_b1 | 4.1-esv:r10_rc1 | 4.1-esv:r11 | 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:r12_p1 | 4.1-esv:r13 | 4.1-esv:r13_b1 | 4.1-esv:r14 | 4.1-esv:r14_b1 | 4.1-esv:r15 | 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
  • isc dhcpISC DHCP 4.1.0 to 4.1-ESV-R15, 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, 4.3.0 to 4.3.6. Older versions may also be affected but are well beyond their end-of-life (EOL). Releases prior to 4.1.0 have not been tested.
Mageia2 products
  • dhcp< 4.3.3P1-1.1.mga5
  • dhcp< 4.3.5-1.1.mga6
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • isc-dhcp< 4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12 | < 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9 | < 4.3.5-3ubuntu5

7 vendors · 32 products

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