dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

BID:47272

Info

dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 47272
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2011-0996
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 08 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 09 2013 06:20AM
Credit: SUSE
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3
SuSE openSUSE 11.4
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
Slackware Linux x86_64 -current
Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.37
Slackware Linux 13.1 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.1
Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64
Slackware Linux 13.0
Slackware Linux -current
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
Pardus Linux 2011 0
Pardus Linux 2009 0
Gentoo Linux
dhcpcd dhcpcd 5.2.10
Not Vulnerable: dhcpcd dhcpcd 5.2.12

Discussion

dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

dhcpcd is prone to a remote command-injection vulnerability because it fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input data.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary shell commands with the privileges of the user running the application.

dhcpcd versions prior to 5.2.12 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue using standard tools.

Solution / Fix

dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Slackware Linux 13.0 x86_64

Slackware Linux x86_64 -current

Slackware Linux -current

Slackware Linux 13.37 x86_64

Slackware Linux 13.0

Slackware Linux 13.1 x86_64

Slackware Linux 13.1

Slackware Linux 13.37

References

dhcpcd 'hostname' Remote Arbitrary Shell Command Injection Vulnerability

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