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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200907-12 (dhcp)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200907-12.
Insight
Insight
A buffer overflow in dhclient as included in the ISC DHCP implementation allows for the remote execution of arbitrary code with root privileges.
Solution
Solution
All ISC DHCP users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/dhcp-3.1.1-r1' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200907-12 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277729