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CVE-2016-2774

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number...

5.9 MediumFix available

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

73.6%Up 68.9 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.9

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
CVE-2016-2774
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.1 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
CVE-2016-2774
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3848 No score

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
EUVD-2016-3848
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rg7r-5jqm-6r7j 5.9

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number...

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
GHSA-rg7r-5jqm-6r7j
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.9

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
CVE-2016-2774
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2774 5.9

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2774
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2774 5.9

ISC DHCP 4.1.x before 4.1-ESV-R13 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.4 does not restrict the number of concurrent TCP sessions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure or request-processing outage) by establishing many sessions.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2774
CVSS 3.1
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1692-1 No score

Security update for dhcp

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional (bsc#969820).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1692-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1735-1 No score

Security update for dhcp

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional (bsc#969820).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1735-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1791-1 No score

Security update for dhcp

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional (bsc#969820).

Non security issues fixed:

  • Rename freeaddrinfo(), getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() in the internal libirs library that does not consider /etc/hosts and /etc/nsswitch.conf to use irs_ prefix. This prevents name conflicts which would result in overriding standard glibc functions used by libldap. (bsc#972907)
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1791-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:2024-1 No score

Security update for dhcp

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional (bsc#969820).
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:2024-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3586-1 No score

isc-dhcp vulnerabilities

Konstantin Orekhov discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled a large number of concurrent TCP sessions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2774)

It was discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled socket descriptors. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-3144)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that the DHCP client incorrectly handled certain malformed responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the DHCP client to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the dhclient AppArmor profile. (CVE-2018-5732)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that the DHCP server incorrectly handled reference counting. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the DHCP server to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-5733)

Record
USN-3586-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
isc-dhcp
Debian:12
before 4.3.4-1
4.3.4-1
isc-dhcp
Debian:13
before 4.3.4-1
4.3.4-1
isc-dhcp
Debian:8
before 4.3.1-6+deb8u4, plus listed versions
4.3.1-64.3.1-6+deb8u14.3.1-6+deb8u24.3.1-6+deb8u2+kbsd8u14.3.1-6+deb8u3
4.3.1-6+deb8u4
dhcp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
dhcp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
before 12:4.2.5-47.el7
12:4.2.5-47.el7
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
before 4.2.6-14.6.1
4.2.6-14.6.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
before 4.2.6-14.6.1
4.2.6-14.6.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
before 4.2.6-14.6.1
4.2.6-14.6.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
before 4.2.6-14.6.1
4.2.6-14.6.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS
before 4.2.4.P2-0.11.15.1
4.2.4.P2-0.11.15.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1
before 4.3.3-9.1
4.3.3-9.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1
before 4.3.3-9.1
4.3.3-9.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
before 4.3.3-9.1
4.3.3-9.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
before 4.3.3-9.1
4.3.3-9.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 5
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Manager 2.1
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Manager Proxy 2.1
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-TERADATA
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
dhcp
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
before 4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
4.2.4.P2-0.27.1
isc-dhcp
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12, plus listed versions
4.2.4-7ubuntu84.2.4-7ubuntu94.2.4-7ubuntu104.2.4-7ubuntu114.2.4-7ubuntu12
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4.2.4-7ubuntu12.14.2.4-7ubuntu12.24.2.4-7ubuntu12.34.2.4-7ubuntu12.44.2.4-7ubuntu12.54.2.4-7ubuntu12.64.2.4-7ubuntu12.74.2.4-7ubuntu12.84.2.4-7ubuntu12.94.2.4-7ubuntu12.10
4.2.4-7ubuntu12.12
isc-dhcp
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9, plus listed versions
4.3.1-5ubuntu34.3.1-5ubuntu44.3.1-5ubuntu54.3.3-5ubuntu14.3.3-5ubuntu2
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4.3.3-5ubuntu44.3.3-5ubuntu54.3.3-5ubuntu74.3.3-5ubuntu84.3.3-5ubuntu94.3.3-5ubuntu104.3.3-5ubuntu114.3.3-5ubuntu124.3.3-5ubuntu12.14.3.3-5ubuntu12.34.3.3-5ubuntu12.44.3.3-5ubuntu12.64.3.3-5ubuntu12.7
4.3.3-5ubuntu12.9

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2774 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Isc Dhcp, published March 9, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.6%, the 99th percentile. Fixed in isc-dhcp 4.3.4-1.

References

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