Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update
An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long Life. 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.
describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-14491US | critical9.8 | Exploit | ||
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. | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
remediations (5)
- Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_9.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server)
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-2017:2841 - Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_9.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server)
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-2017:2841 - Fixeddnsmasq-0:2.45-2.el5_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server)
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-2017:2841 - Fixeddnsmasq-debuginfo-0:2.45-2.el5_9.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server)
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-2017:2841 - Fixeddnsmasq-debuginfo-0:2.45-2.el5_9.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.9 server)
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-2017:2841
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