CVE-2011-0997
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057888.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593345
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