CVE-2011-2717 — Injection in Dhcp6c

CWE-74 — Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Linux Dhcp6cDhcpv6 Project Dhcpv6Redhat Enterprise Linux
Timeline
PublishedNov 27
Latest updateApr 22

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5dhcpv6_project/dhcpv6through 2011-07-25
▶NVDlinux/dhcp6c2011-07-25

Also affects: Enterprise Linux 4.0, 5.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-4wfc-527w-m6mj: The DHCPv6 client (dhcp6c) as used in the dhcpv6 project through 2011-07-25 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacha↗2022-04-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
dhcpv6: insufficient checking of DHCP options↗2011-04-05
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2011-2717 dhcpv6: insufficient checking of DHCP options↗2011-07-25
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