CVE-2011-0996

critical

Description

dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66641

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47272

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-04.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/44070

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd

http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2011/0326.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-04-13

Updated: 2017-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical