CVE-2011-2717

CVSS V2 High 10 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2717
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-27T21:15:12
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-18T21:04:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:linux:dhcp6c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2011-07-25
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 10
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/dhcp6c-shell-command-injection-10869 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2717 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2717 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2717
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2717
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:56:19 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 07:09:54 2019-11-27T21:15Z 2019-11-27T21:15:12 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 07:09:54 2019-12-18T21:04:24 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 07:09:54 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated