Check Point Advisories

Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Command Injection (CVE-2018-1111)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2018-0476
Date Published: 21 May 2018
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 04 September, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-1111
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Red Hat Linux and its derivatives.
Vulnerability Description A remote command execution vulnerability exists in DHCP client implementation of Red Hat Linux. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a malicious request to the victim. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the target user.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Command Injection protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Red Hat Linux DHCP Client Command Injection

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