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CVE-2011-0996
dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP…
Medium6.8EPSS 3.7%
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Description
dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- dhcpcd-response-command-execution(66641) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [dhcpcd-discuss] 20110406 [CVE-2011-996] dhcpcd does not strip or escape shell meta characters (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 44070 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 47272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201301-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .