vulnerability

Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2017-14494)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 2, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025

Description

An information leak was found in dnsmasq in the DHCPv6 relay code. An attacker on the local network could send crafted DHCPv6 packets to dnsmasq causing it to forward the contents of process memory, potentially leaking sensitive data.

Solution

arch-linux-upgrade-latest

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