CVE-2011-2717

CVE-2011-2717

EPSS 3.9%

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.

Affected products

dhcpv6 project · dhcpv6

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717 https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9