CVE-2000-0585 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ISC DHCP client program dhclient allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Published: 2000-10-13

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 9.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp_client:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp_client:3.0b1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0581	ISC DHCP client program dhclient allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.09545.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:34.dhclient.asc
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-008.txt.asc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0247.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0014.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000628
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_56.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1388
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4772

History

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Subscriptions

Isc Dhcp Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-10-13T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:21:31.265Z

Reserved: 2000-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0585

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-06-24T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0585

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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