CVE-2013-2494

MediumCVSS 4.9/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.9/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00880/Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Mar 28, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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