RedHat: RHSA-2011-0428:01 Important: dhcp security update
Summary
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that allows
individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration
information, including an IP address, a subnet mask, and a broadcast
address.
It was discovered that the DHCP client daemon, dhclient, did not
sufficiently sanitize certain options provided in DHCP server replies, such
as the client hostname. A malicious DHCP server could send such an option
with a specially-crafted value to a DHCP client. If this option's value was
saved on the client system, and then later insecurely evaluated by a
process that assumes the option is trusted, it could lead to arbitrary code
execution with the privileges of that process. (CVE-2011-0997)
Red Hat would like to thank Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team for
reporting this issue.
All dhclient users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a backported patch to correct this issue.
Summary
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2011-0997.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.ppc.rpm
s390:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.s390.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.s390.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.s390.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.s390.rpm
s390x:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.ia64.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.1-67.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386:
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
x86_64:
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
ia64:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64.rpm
ppc:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
dhcp-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386.rpm
libdhcp4client-devel-3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
Source:
x86_64:
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
ppc64:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
ppc64:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64.rpm
s390x:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
dhclient-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
Source:
i386:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
x86_64:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686.rpm
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64.rpm
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Topic
Updated dhcp packages that fix one security issue are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from theCVE link in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
689832 - CVE-2011-0997 dhclient: insufficient sanitization of certain DHCP response values