CVE-2011-0996
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 13, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 14, 2011
Description
dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052
- dhcpcd-response-command-execution(66641)vdb-entry
- [dhcpcd-discuss] 20110406 [CVE-2011-996] dhcpcd does not strip or escape shell meta charactersmailing-list
- 44070third-party-advisory
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd
- 47272vdb-entry
- GLSA-201301-04vendor-advisory
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