Red Hat: CVE-2017-14495: Critical: dnsmasq security update (RHSA-2017:2836)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
10/02/2017
07/25/2018
10/04/2017
03/03/2021
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)
- redhat-upgrade-dnsmasq
- redhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-debuginfo
- redhat-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils
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