SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2011-2716

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.

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 1.80%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.80%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
1.80% probability · 77th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
t-mobile/tm-ac1900 · busybox/busybox
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.