vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2017-14494: Security patch for dnsmasq (ALAS-2019-1251)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 3, 2017
Added
Apr 27, 2020
Modified
Nov 27, 2024

Description

dnsmasq before 2.78, when configured as a relay, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving handling DHCPv6 forwarded requests.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasqamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils
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