ISC DHCP 'dhclient' Shell Characters In Response Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-0997
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
dhclient in ISC DHCP 3.0.x through 4.2.x before 4.2.1-P1, 3.1-ESV before 3.1-ESV-R1, and 4.1-ESV before 4.1-ESV-R2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message, as demonstrated by a hostname that is provided to dhclient-script.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004653
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004653 - ISC DHCP 'dhclient' Shell Characters In Response Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- isc dhcp 3.0
- isc dhcp 3.0.1
- isc dhcp 3.0.2
- isc dhcp 3.0.3
- isc dhcp 3.0.4
- isc dhcp 3.0.5
- isc dhcp 3.0.6
- isc dhcp 3.1-esv
- isc dhcp 3.1.0
- isc dhcp 3.1.1
- isc dhcp 3.1.2
- isc dhcp 3.1.3
- isc dhcp 4.1-esv
- isc dhcp 4.2.0
- isc dhcp 4.2.1
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