Public bug reported: Ubuntu 13.04 Server 64-bit. Fresh install. Only one network adapter.
dhclient process is listening on two randomly chosen udp ports in addition to the usual port 68. This appears to be a bug in the discovery code for probing information on interfaces in the system. Initial research of the code also suggested omapi, but adding omapi port 9999 to /etc/dhcp/dhclient.conf only opened a forth port with the two random udp ports still enabled. Version of included distro dhclient was 4.2.4. I also tested with the latest isc-dhclient-4.2.5-P1 and got the same results. Debian has the same bug: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=95273&p=495605#p495605 One impact of these random ports is that security hardening becomes more difficult. The purpose of these random ports and security implications are unknown. Example netstat -lnp output: udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:21117 0.0.0.0:* 2659/dhclient udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* 2659/dhclient udp6 0 0 :::45664 :::* 2659/dhclient ** Affects: isc-dhcp (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176046 Title: isc-dhcp dhclient listens on extra random ports To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/1176046/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
