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[DSA1143] DSA-1143-1 dhcp

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1143-1 dhcp

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Justin Winschief and Andrew Steets discovered a bug in dhcp, the DHCP
server for automatic IP address assignment, which causes the server to
unexpectedly exit.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0pl5-19.1sarge2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your dhcp package.


Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1143
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2006 Michel Arboi

UPS, Power Protection, APC

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