CVE-2017-14494
Public on 2017-10-02
Modified on 2019-07-22
Description
An information leak was found in dnsmasq in the DHCPv6 relay code. An attacker on the local network could send crafted DHCPv6 packets to dnsmasq causing it to forward the contents of process memory, potentially leaking sensitive data.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | dnsmasq | 2017-10-02 | ALAS-2017-907 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | dnsmasq | 2019-07-18 | ALAS2-2019-1251 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |