vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-14494: Dnsmasq: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 2, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-dnsmasq
Title
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