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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-14495: Vulnerability in DNSmasq

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-14495: Vulnerability in DNSmasq

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/02/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/19/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

Memory leak in dnsmasq before 2.78, when the --add-mac, --add-cpe-id or --add-subnet option is specified, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DNS response creation.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-service-network-dnsmasq-2-78-0-175-3-27-0-4-0

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