CVE-2011-2717

critical

Description

The DHCPv6 client (dhcp6c) as used in the dhcpv6 project through 2011-07-25 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9

https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-27

Updated: 2019-12-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

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