UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2716

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2716

    Published: 3 Jul 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-2716

    Summary:

    Details: The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2716, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/25/3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2716

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: busybox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1
    1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High