vulnerability

VMware Photon OS: CVE-2017-14495

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 2, 2017
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

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

vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
Title
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