vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-13704: dnsmasq -- security update
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | 10/03/2017 | 07/30/2024 | 11/27/2024 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/03/2017
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
11/27/2024
Description
In dnsmasq before 2.78, if the DNS packet size does not match the expected size, the size parameter in a memset call gets a negative value. As it is an unsigned value, memset ends up writing up to 0xffffffff zero's (0xffffffffffffffff in 64 bit platforms), making dnsmasq crash.
Solution
debian-upgrade-dnsmasq

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