CVE-2011-0997

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.

CVSS v2.0

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

84.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 100th percentile

Published

2011-04-08

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37623/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2011-0978
• CVE-2011-10005
• CVE-2011-0966
• CVE-2011-10007
• CVE-2011-0962
• CVE-2011-10008