Input validation error in ConnMan - CVE-2012-2321
Published: May 19, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44065
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2321
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: kernel.org
Affected software:
ConnMan
ConnMan
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2321
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=26ace5c59f790bce0f1988b88874c6f2c480fd5a
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=network/connman/connman.git;a=commit;h=a5f540db7354b76bcabd0a05d8eb8ba2bff4e911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49186
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201205-02.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/07/6
- http://www.osvdb.org/81705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53408
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715172
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75466