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CVE-2011-0997 Detail

Description

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057888.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025300 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593345 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2216 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2217 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107886 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:073 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0428.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0840.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47176 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1108-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0879 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0886 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0909 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0915 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0926 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0965 Permissions Required 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1000 Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689832 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66580 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12812 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37623/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-0997 Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-0997
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2011
NVD Last Modified:
04/01/2020
Source:
MITRE