CVE-2011-2716

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 3, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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