VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-2774

CVSS score5.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability73.62%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-03-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references