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 severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
See breakdown

Affected Packages

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

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv2 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
HAQM 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