CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-0996

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2011-04-13 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2011-04-13
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

Affected configurations

• roy marples dhcpcd (<= 5.2.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References