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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-13704: Improper Input Validation

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-13704: Improper Input Validation

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/02/2017
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

In dnsmasq before 2.78, if the DNS packet size does not match the expected size, the size parameter in a memset call gets a negative value. As it is an unsigned value, memset ends up writing up to 0xffffffff zero's (0xffffffffffffffff in 64 bit platforms), making dnsmasq crash.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-dnsmasq

References

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