Release Date: | 2011-04-08 |
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.
See more information about CVE-2011-0997 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.5 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | Low |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
Integrity Impact: | Partial | Availability Impact: | Partial |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (dhcp) | ELSA-2011-0428 | 2011-04-08 |
Oracle Linux version 5 (dhcp) | ELSA-2011-0428 | 2011-04-08 |
Oracle Linux version 6 (dhcp) | ELSA-2011-0428 | 2011-04-08 |
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