Vulnerability CVE-2011-2717
Published: 2019-11-27   Modified: 2019-11-29

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.

Type:

CWE-74

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Linux -> Dhcp6c 

 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
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