01 Record
CVE-2012-2248
An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An issue was discovered in dhclient 4.3.1-6 due to an embedded path variable.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-27 17:40Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-16
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5cdeb33c3fc46a8af5fad5e3ec31fb3aa2485b7efa1a032ebcac417b04a553d2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2248
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/19
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/15/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/13
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/17/14
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/1
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/15
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/16
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/17
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/18
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/2
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/18/3
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/21/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.2.4-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- isc-dhcp Fixed in 4.2.4-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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