CVE-2011-2660

HIGH 7.5CVE-2011-2660 · Published 06/09/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-2660 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting vpnc (suse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.2%, higher than 88.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vpnc suse	`≤ 0.5.1`	No fix yet

Description

The modify_resolvconf_suse script in the vpnc package before 0.5.1-55.10.1 in SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted DNS domain name.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00028.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00029.html
securityfocus.com/bid/49391
bugzilla.novell.com/651577
bugzilla.novell.com/708656
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69514

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