Ubuntu Security Notice 4969-2 - USN-4969-1 fixed a vulnerability in DHCP. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and 16.04 ESM. Jon Franklin and Pawel Wieczorkiewicz discovered that DHCP incorrectly handled lease file parsing. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause DHCP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.
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