suse · CVE-2011-0997

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Tracker summary

CVE-2011-0997 severity important: SUSE including 65 source package names (dhcp-3.1.3.ESV-0.9.1, dhcp-4.2.3.P2-0.7.2, …), 101 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (34 product lines)): Fixed 101.

Description:

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.