diff -up dhcp-4.2.5/common/packet.c.ffff dhcp-4.2.5/common/packet.c

--- dhcp-4.2.5/common/packet.c.ffff	2013-10-07 17:21:18.000000000 +0200

+++ dhcp-4.2.5/common/packet.c	2013-10-07 17:47:34.689600497 +0200

@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ decode_udp_ip_header(struct interface_in

   len = ulen - sizeof(udp);

   usum = udp.uh_sum;

+  if (usum == 0xffff) usum = 0;

   udp.uh_sum = 0;

   /* XXX: We have to pass &udp, because we have to zero the checksum