CVE-2017-14495 in Dnsmasq

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 09/15/2017
• Disclosure: 10/02/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-107357
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-399 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.53317
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14495
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14495
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2017-14495/