{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2716","details":"The DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.20.0 allows remote DHCP servers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) HOST_NAME, (2) DOMAIN_NAME, (3) NIS_DOMAIN, and (4) TFTP_SERVER_NAME host name options.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:47:10.785752Z","published":"2012-07-03T16:40:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:43Z","upstream":["CVE-2011-2716"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2716"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/25/3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2716"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"busybox","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/busybox@1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["1:1.20.0-8.1ubuntu1","1:1.20.0-9ubuntu1","1:1.20.0-9ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"busybox"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"busybox-initramfs"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"busybox-static"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"busybox-syslogd"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"busybox-udeb"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"udhcpc"},{"binary_version":"1:1.21.0-1ubuntu1","binary_name":"udhcpd"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2011/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-2716.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}