An attacker’s DHCP server could send crafted responses to your computer and cause it to run programs as root.
USN-1108-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DHCP. Due to an error, the patch to fix the vulnerability was not properly applied on Ubuntu 9.10 and higher. This update fixes the problem.
19 April 2011
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
An attacker’s DHCP server could send crafted responses to your computer and cause it to run programs as root.
USN-1108-1 fixed vulnerabilities in DHCP. Due to an error, the patch to fix the vulnerability was not properly applied on Ubuntu 9.10 and higher. This update fixes the problem.
Original advisory details:
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the dhclient utility incorrectly filtered crafted responses. An attacker could use this flaw with a malicious DHCP server to execute arbitrary code, resulting in root privilege escalation.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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