National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2716

Overview

The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3979

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=3979

External Source: BID

Name: 48879

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48879

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:129

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.busybox.net/news.html

Hyperlink:http://www.busybox.net/news.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45363

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45363

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2012:0810

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840

Hyperlink:http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840