Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-2494
CVE-2013-2494
Description
libdns in ISC DHCP 4.2.x before 4.2.5-P1 allows remote name servers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving a regular expression, as demonstrated by a memory-exhaustion attack against a machine running a dhcpd process, a related issue to CVE-2013-2266.
Affected products
19cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 18 more
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:a1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:a2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.3:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.3:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.4:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
1- kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/nvdVendor Advisory
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