Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1108-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the dhclient utility incorrectly filtered crafted responses. An attacker could use this flaw with a malicious DHCP server to execute arbitrary code, resulting in root privilege escalation.
Affected
dhcp3 vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 9.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-0997 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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