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CVE-2011-2717 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-74Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux dhcp6c
<= 2011-07-25

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:linux:dhcp6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux
4.0
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2717
NVD Published Date:
Nov 27, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]