RHSA-2011:0428High

Red Hat Security Advisory: dhcp security update

Published
April 8, 2011
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2011-0997 →

📋 Description

CVE-2011-0997 — dhclient: insufficient sanitization of certain DHCP response values

🎯 Affected products171

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • dhclient-12:3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • dhclient-12:3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • dhclient-12:3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • dhclient-12:3.0.5-23.el5_6.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.6.z server)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • dhclient-12:4.1.1-12.P1.el6_0.4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • dhclient-7:3.0.1-67.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4
  • dhclient-7:3.0.1-67.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4
  • dhclient-7:3.0.1-67.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4
  • +141 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (4)