CVE-2011-0996 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2011-04-13

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:roy_marples:dhcpcd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2011-1007	dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00922.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2011/0326.html
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
http://secunia.com/advisories/44070
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-04.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47272
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66641

History

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Roy Marples Dhcpcd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-04-13T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:14:27.102Z

Reserved: 2011-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0996

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-13T14:55:01.357

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0996

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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