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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-14834: dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-14834: dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/07/2020
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in dnsmasq before version 2.81, where the memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DHCP response creation.

Solution(s)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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