vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2017-14491: dnsmasq -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 2, 2017
Added
Oct 3, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Heap-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 DNS response.

Solution

debian-upgrade-dnsmasq
Title
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