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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-0996

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2011-0996

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/13/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-dhcp
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-client
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-devel
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-relay
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp-server
  • suse-upgrade-dhcp6
  • suse-upgrade-dhcpcd

References

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