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
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2248Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/15/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/15Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/16Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2248Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.