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CVE-2011-0997 Details

Description

dhclient in ISC DHCP 3.0.x through 4.2.x before 4.2.1-P1, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R1, and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message, as demonstrated by a hostname that is provided to dhclient-script.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057888.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689832	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44037	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44048	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44089	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44090	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44103	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44127	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44180	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025300	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66580	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593345	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12812	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37623/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-0997	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2216	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2217	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107886	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:073	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/71493	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0428.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0840.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47176	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1108-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0879	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0886	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0909	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0915	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0926	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0965	CVE	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1000	CVE	Permissions Required
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057888.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689832	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44037	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44048	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44089	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44090	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44103	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44127	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/44180	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025300	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66580	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593345	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12812	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37623/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/advisories/cve-2011-0997	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2216	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2217	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107886	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:073	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/71493	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0428.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0840.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47176	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1108-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0879	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0886	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0909	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0915	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0926	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0965	[email protected]	Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1000	[email protected]	Permissions Required

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
isc dhcp	3.0 3.0.1 - 3.0.1 rc1 3.0.1 rc10 3.0.1 rc11
CPE cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc10:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc11:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc12:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc13:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc14:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc5:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc6:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc7:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc8:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.1:rc9:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.2:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.2:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.2:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.2:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.3:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.3:b2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.3:b3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.4:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.4:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.4:b2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.4:b3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.4:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.5:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.5:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.0.6:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1-esv:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:a1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:a2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:a3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:b2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.2:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.2:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.2:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.3:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.3:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:3.1.3:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.1-esv:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:a1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:a2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:b2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:p1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.0:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:isc:dhcp:4.2.1:rc1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	5.0 6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	6.06 8.04 9.10 10.04 10.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 8, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2011-0997 Details

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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