Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69588
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-1108-1 (dhcp3)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-1108-1 (dhcp3)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to dhcp3 announced via advisory USN-1108-1. Details follow: 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. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: dhcp3-client 3.0.3-6ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: dhcp3-client 3.0.6.dfsg-1ubuntu9.2 Ubuntu 9.10: dhcp3-client 3.1.2-1ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 10.10: dhcp3-client 3.1.3-2ubuntu6.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1108-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0997 Debian Security Information: DSA-2216 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2216 Debian Security Information: DSA-2217 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2217 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057888.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058279.html HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBMU02752 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133226187115472&w=2 HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT100802 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:073 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0428.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0840.html http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.593345 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1108-1 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#107886 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/107886 BugTraq ID: 47176 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47176 http://www.osvdb.org/71493 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12812 http://securitytracker.com/id?1025300 http://secunia.com/advisories/44037 http://secunia.com/advisories/44048 http://secunia.com/advisories/44089 http://secunia.com/advisories/44090 http://secunia.com/advisories/44103 http://secunia.com/advisories/44127 http://secunia.com/advisories/44180 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0879 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0886 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0909 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0915 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0926 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0965 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1000 XForce ISS Database: iscdhcp-dhclient-command-execution(66580) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66580
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