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
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 dnsmasq 2017-10-02 ALAS-2017-907
Amazon Linux 2 - Core dnsmasq 2019-07-18 ALAS2-2019-1251

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

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2017-14494 Mitre: CVE-2017-14494