CVE-2007-5365

Debian Linux - Memory Corruption

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-5365. PoCs published by RoMaNSoFt.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a remote denial of service vulnerability in Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd. It references CVE-2007-5365 and provides a link to an exploit archive but does not contain actual exploit code.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cons_options function in options.c in dhcpd in OpenBSD 4.0 through 4.2, and some other dhcpd implementations based on ISC dhcp-2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a DHCP request specifying a maximum message size smaller than the minimum IP MTU.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by RoMaNSoFt · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4601

This is a writeup describing a remote denial of service vulnerability in Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd. It references CVE-2007-5365 and provides a link to an exploit archive but does not contain actual exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Ubuntu 6.06 DHCPd
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target DHCP server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (27)

Core 27
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27338
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27350
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3088
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=446354
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_openbsd
http://www.openbsd.org/errata42.html#001_dhcpd
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25984
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4601
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483230/100/100/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37045
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0970.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1388
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-531-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5817
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-531-2
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27160
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482085/100/100/threaded
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27273
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_openbsd
http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html#016_dhcpd
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243806-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32668
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_openbsd
http://www.openbsd.org/errata41.html#010_dhcpd
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018794
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021157
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32213

Scores

EPSS 0.8026
EPSS Percentile 99.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 3.1
debian/debian_linux 4.0
openbsd/openbsd 4.0
openbsd/openbsd 4.1
openbsd/openbsd 4.2
redhat/enterprise_linux 2.1 (2 CPE variants)
redhat/linux_advanced_workstation 2.1
sun/opensolaris snv_01 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_02 (2 CPE variants)
sun/opensolaris snv_03 (2 CPE variants)
... and 18 more
Published Oct 11, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026