CVE-2012-2321

N/A Unknown

Published: May 18, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The loopback plug-in in ConnMan before 0.85 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) host name or (2) domain name in a DHCP reply.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26ace5c59f790bce0f1988b88874c6f2c480fd5a

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5f540db7354b76bcabd0a05d8eb8ba2bff4e911

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/49033

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/49186

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201205-02.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/10

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/6

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.osvdb.org/81705

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53408

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715172

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75466

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26ace5c59f790bce0f1988b88874c6f2c480fd5a