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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14834: Security patch for dnsmasq (ALAS-2020-1507)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-14834: Security patch for dnsmasq (ALAS-2020-1507)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/07/2020
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in dnsmasq before version 2.81, where the memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DHCP response creation.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils

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