CVE-2009-0692

dhclient: stack overflow leads to arbitrary code execution as root

Published Jul 14, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 25.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the script_write_params method in client/dhclient.c in ISC DHCP dhclient 4.1 before 4.1.0p1, 4.0 before 4.0.1p1, 3.1 before 3.1.2p1, 3.0, and 2.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted subnet-mask option.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1833-1 New dhcp3 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1833-2 New dhcp3 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-803-1 dhcp vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-803-2 Dhcp vulnerability
References
Link Providers
http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-010.txt.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35785 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35829 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35830 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35831 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35832 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35841 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35849 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35850 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35851 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35880 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/36457 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37342 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-12.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.561471 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1833 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/410676 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:151 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/55819 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1136.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35668 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022548 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-803-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1891 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=507717 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0692 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10758 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5941 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0692 cve-icon
https://www.isc.org/downloadables/12 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.isc.org/node/468 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg01177.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00340.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
certcc
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:48 AM
Reserved
Feb 22, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 14, 2009, 8:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM
Severity
Critical
Public date
Jul 14, 2009, 12:00 AM