CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14495
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-10-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-772
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.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.04
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 7.1
• debian debian linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• thekelleys dnsmasq (<= 2.77)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00006.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 nvidia.custhelp.com
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51eadb692a5123b9838e5a68ecace3ac579a3a45 thekelleys.org.uk
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-005.txt www.arubanetworks.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3989 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101085 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101977 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2836 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3199382 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-689071.pdf cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-27 security.gentoo.org
- https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42945/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973527 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dnsmasq-discuss%40lists.thekelleys.org.uk/msg11664.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dnsmasq-discuss%40lists.thekelleys.org.uk/msg11665.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_59_Dnsmasq www.synology.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00006.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 nvidia.custhelp.com
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51eadb692a5123b9838e5a68ecace3ac579a3a45 thekelleys.org.uk
- http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2017-005.txt www.arubanetworks.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3989 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101085 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101977 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039474 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-2 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2836 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3199382 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-689071.pdf cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-27 security.gentoo.org
- https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42945/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973527 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dnsmasq-discuss%40lists.thekelleys.org.uk/msg11664.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.mail-archive.com/dnsmasq-discuss%40lists.thekelleys.org.uk/msg11665.html www.mail-archive.com
- https://www.synology.com/support/security/Synology_SA_17_59_Dnsmasq www.synology.com