Gentoo: GLSA-201301-04 High Risk: DHCPCD Remote Code Execution
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January 9, 2013
A vulnerability has been found in dhcpcd, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the DHCP client.
Summary
A vulnerability has been discovered in dhcpcd. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All dhcpcd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/dhcpcd-5.2.12"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2011-0996 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-0996
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-04
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: High
Title: dhcpcd: Arbitrary code execution
Date: January 09, 2013
Bugs: #362459
ID: 201301-04
Topics Covered
Background
dhcpcd is a fully featured, yet light weight RFC2131 compliant DHCP
client.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-misc/dhcpcd < 5.2.12 >= 5.2.12
Impact
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The vulnerability might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on
the DHCP client.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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