CVE-2011-1930

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 14, 2019
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-1930: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix