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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2017-10-06 | |
| Rule Name: | Dnsmasq 2-byte Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2017-14491) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | 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. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software. | |
| Affected OS: | Other Unix, FreeBSD, Linux | |
| Reference: | CVE-2017-14491 ExploitDB:42941 |
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| Solutions |
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| The vendor has issued a fix (2.78). The vendor advisory is available at http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG |