DHCPv6 Client up to 2011-07-25 DHCP Message injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in DHCPv6 Client up to 2011-07-25. Affected is an unknown function of the component DHCP Message Handler. The manipulation leads to injection. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2011-2717. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in DHCPv6 Client up to 2011-07-25 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component DHCP Message Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 11/27/2019 (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2717 since 07/11/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 217556 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2717), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (217556). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Injection
CWE: CWE-74 / CWE-707 / CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 217556
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2717

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Timelineinfo

07/11/2011 🔍
11/27/2019 +3061 days 🔍
11/28/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +1923 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2011-2717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-146453

Entryinfo

Created: 11/28/2019 06:57
Updated: 03/04/2025 08:09
Changes: 11/28/2019 06:57 (36), 11/28/2019 07:02 (17), 03/04/2025 08:09 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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