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CVE-2011-1930

Published: Nov 14, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1930
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

In klibc 1.5.20 and 1.5.21, the DHCP options written by ipconfig to /tmp/net-$DEVICE.conf are not properly escaped. This may allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted DHCP reply which could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of any process which sources DHCP options.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Klibc Klibc_project * 1.5.25 (excluding)
Klibc Ubuntu hardy *
Klibc Ubuntu lucid *
Klibc Ubuntu maverick *
Klibc Ubuntu natty *
Klibc Ubuntu upstream *

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