Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-14494: Security patch for dnsmasq (ALAS-2017-907)
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
10/02/2017
07/25/2018
10/03/2017
10/14/2022
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.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-dnsmasq
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