CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2717
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
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.
Affected configurations
• linux dhcp6c (<= 2011-07-25)
• redhat enterprise linux 4.0
• redhat enterprise linux 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory