Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-1930
CVE-2011-1930
Description
In klibc 1.5.20 and 1.5.21, the DHCP options written by ipconfig to /tmp/net-$DEVICE.conf are not properly escaped. This may allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted DHCP reply which could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of any process which sources DHCP options.
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References
5- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-21.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/12nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/47924nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1930nvdNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1930nvdThird Party Advisory
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