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CVE-2018-1111 — DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vu

DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vulnerable to a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, co

CVSS
7.5 HIGH
EPSS
97.86% (top 0.10%)
CWE
CWE-77
Published
2018-05-17T16:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T03:51:48.789Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

DHCP packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7, Fedora 28, and earlier are vulnerable to a command injection flaw in the NetworkManager integration script included in the DHCP client. A malicious DHCP server, or an attacker on the local network able to spoof DHCP responses, could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on systems using NetworkManager and configured to…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red HatdhcpRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
FedoradhcpFedora 28

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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