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CVE-2011-0996

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-04-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message.

Affected products

• Roy Marples Dhcpcd: through 5.2.10

References

• http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2011/0326.html
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44070
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-04.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47272
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66641
• http://roy.marples.name/archives/dhcpcd-discuss/2011/0326.html
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/changeset/c317b39786ac6c3a939dc711db7c78cf099859fd
• http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/timeline
• http://secunia.com/advisories/44070

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