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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0996

Original release date:04/13/2011
Last revised:04/19/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052
External Source: XF
Name: dhcpcd-response-command-execution(66641)
External Source: BID
Name: 47272
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 44070
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
External Source: MLIST
Name: [dhcpcd-discuss] 20110406 [CVE-2011-996] dhcpcd does not strip or escape shell meta characters

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