CVE-2011-1930

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 14, 2019
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: May 9, 2011

Description

In klibc 1.5.20 and 1.5.21, the DHCP options written by ipconfig to /tmp/net-$DEVICE.conf are not properly escaped. This may allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted DHCP reply which could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of any process which sources DHCP options.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
klibcklibc	1.5.20Affected 1.5.21Affected

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1930
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1930
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-21.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/12
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47924

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