CVE-2012-2248: dhclient project dhclient – CVSS 8.1 · Watchpost

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CVE-2012-2248

HIGH 8.1CVE-2012-2248 · Published 27/11/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2248 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability affecting dhclient (dhclient project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.4%, higher than 84.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
dhclient dhclient_project	`= 4.3.1-6`	No fix yet

Description

An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/15/1 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/13 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/14 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/1 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/15 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/16 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/17 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/18 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/19 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/2 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/3 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/1 · Mailing List
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2248 · Third Party Advisory

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