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dhcpcd package

  1. Bug #931036
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 931036

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package dhcpcd - 1:3.2.3-5ubuntu0.1

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dhcpcd (1:3.2.3-5ubuntu0.1) lucid-security; urgency=high

    * SECURITY UPDATE: dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to
      execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname
      obtained from a DHCP message. (LP: #931036)
      - https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file?file=dhcpcd-3.2.3-option-checks.diff&package=dhcpcd&project=network%3Adhcp&rev=52442e5c1d803d7c1818a920a0bae7f1
      - above linked patch(without the additional support for NETBIOS type
        messages) has been added.
      - CVE-2011-0996
 -- Zubin Mithra <email address hidden> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:54 +0530