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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-2248

An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.

HIGH 8.1EPSS 2.38%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.

CVSS 3.1
8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.38% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
dhclient project/dhclient · debian/debian linux
Source
security@debian.org

References

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