CVE-2016-0634
Public on 2017-08-28
Modified on 2017-08-31
Description
An arbitrary command injection flaw was found in the way bash processed the hostname value. A malicious DHCP server could use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands on the DHCP client machines running bash under specific circumstances.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | bash | 2017-08-31 | ALAS-2017-878 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |