CVE-2006-2017

high

Description

Dnsmasq 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCP client broadcast reply request.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26005

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1494

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17662

http://www.osvdb.org/24884

http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG

http://secunia.com/advisories/19760

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-04-25

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01224