CVE-2017-14495

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.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-10/msg00006.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2836

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3199382

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-689071.pdf

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-27

https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42945/

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973527

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

http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51eadb692a5123b9838e5a68ecace3ac579a3a45

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3989

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039474

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3430-2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3