Package : dhcp Vulnerability : programming error Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2006-3122 Debian Bug : 380273
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.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given at the end of this advisory:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - --------------------------------