description: In klibc 1.5.20 and 1.5.21, the DHCP options written by ipconfig to /tmp/net-$DEVICE.conf are not properly escaped. This may allow a remote attacker to send a specially crafted DHCP reply which could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of any process which sources DHCP options.
problem types: Other
affected:
{
product: klibc
vendor: klibc
versions:
status: affected, version: 1.5.20
status: affected, version: 1.5.21
}