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title: "CVE-2011-3211\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3211

Publication date 16 September 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The server in Bcfg2 1.1.2 and earlier, and 1.2 prerelease, allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in data
received from a client.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bcfg2 | 11.04 natty | Fixed 1.1.1-2ubuntu1.2 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.9.6-0ubuntu2.1.10.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.9.6-0ubuntu2.1.10.04.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 0.9.5.7-1ubuntu0.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3211?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| bcfg2 | * Other:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcfg2/+bug/844743> * Upstream:   [f4a35ef](https://github.com/solj/bcfg2/commit/f4a35efec1b6a1e54d61cf1b8bfc83dd1) * Upstream:   [46795ae](https://github.com/fabaff/bcfg2/commit/46795ae451ca6ede55a0edeb726978aef4684b53) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3211)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3211)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3211)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3211)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3211>
