CVE-2011-2717
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 27, 2019 at 08:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise LinuxDHCP6CDHCPV6
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The DHCPv6 client (dhcp6c) as used in the dhcpv6 project through 2011-07-25 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.
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 (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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