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CVE-2011-2717

Date: November 27, 2019

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2717
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2717
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2717

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

CWE-74

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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