Stack-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DHCPv6 request.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade dnsmasq | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq-debuginfoUpgrade dnsmasq | Apr 27, 2020 | Oct 3, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade dnsmasq | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq-debuginfoUpgrade dnsmasq | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade dnsmasq | Oct 3, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Dnsmasq | — | Upgrade DNSMasq to the latest version | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-develUpgrade dnsmasq | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-dns/dnsmasq. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade dnsmasq | Nov 30, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq | Nov 30, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade service/network/dnsmasq to version 2.78-0.175.3.27.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Dec 19, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade dnsmasq-debuginfoUpgrade dnsmasqUpgrade dnsmasq-utils | Oct 4, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade dnsmasq | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade dnsmasqUpgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq-base | Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 2, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Oct 2, 2017 |
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