This bug was fixed in the package dhcpcd - 1:3.2.3-7ubuntu0.10.10.1 --------------- dhcpcd (1:3.2.3-7ubuntu0.10.10.1) maverick-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 <zubin.mit...@gmail.com> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:27:54 +0530 ** Changed in: dhcpcd (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/931036 Title: dhcpcd before 5.2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a hostname obtained from a DHCP message. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dhcpcd/+bug/931036/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs