CVE-2011-2717 (GCVE-0-2011-2717)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-27 20:58 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:08
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Summary
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.
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CWE
  • insufficient checking of DHCP options
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dhcpv6 project dhcpv6 Affected: through 2011-07-25
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