CVE-2011-0997
Published: 08 April 2011
dhclient in ISC DHCP 3.0.x through 4.2.x before 4.2.1-P1, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R1, and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message, as demonstrated by a hostname that is provided to dhclient-script.
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Notes
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | a couple of fixes post isc release are included in redhat's bug patches are from Marius Tomaschewski |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0997
- http://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-0997
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1108-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian