CVE-2011-1930

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1930
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-14 03:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-18 15:05:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Klibc Project Klibc All All All All
Application Klibc Project Klibc All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: [klibc] CVE request: klibc: ipconfig sh script with unescaped DHCP options MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- klibc: Command Injection MISC security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-1930 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
klibc DHCP Options Processing Remote Shell Command Execution Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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