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CVE-2012-2248

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Dhclient Project Dhclient: 4.3.1-6

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/13
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/14
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/15
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/16
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/17
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/18
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/19
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/1

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