RHSA-2017:2840

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Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update

view advisory published 2017-10-02

An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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describes (1)

Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2017-14491UScritical9.8Exploit
Heap-based buffer overflow in dnsmasq before 2.78 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.
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references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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remediations (7)

  • Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-debuginfo-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-debuginfo-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
  • Fixeddnsmasq-debuginfo-0:2.45-2.el5_11.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS)

    For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2840
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