CVE-2011-0996 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Roy Marples	Dhcpcd

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2011-0996

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-0996

Redhat

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