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CVE-2011-0997

Publication date 8 April 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dhcp3 10.10 maverick
Fixed 3.1.3-2ubuntu6.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed 3.1.2-1ubuntu7.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 3.0.3-6ubuntu7.2
isc-dhcp 10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

a couple of fixes post isc release are included in redhat's bug patches are from Marius Tomaschewski

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references