CVE-2011-1930
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 14, 2019 at 02:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxKlibcKlibc
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 21%
Description
In klibc 1.5.20 and 1.5.21, the DHCP options written by ipconfig to /tmp/net-$DEVICE.conf are not properly escaped. This may allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted DHCP reply which could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of any process which sources DHCP options.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-21.xmlx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/12x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47924x_refsource_MISCNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1930x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1930CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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