SUSE-SU-2017:2616-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20172616-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2017:2616-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2017:2616-1
Related
Published
2017-10-02T13:53:30Z
Modified
2017-10-02T13:53:30Z
Summary
Security update for dnsmasq
Details

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues.

Remedy the following security issues:

  • CVE-2017-14491: 2 byte heap based overflow. [bsc#1060354]
  • CVE-2017-14492: heap based overflow. [bsc#1060355]
  • CVE-2017-14493: stack based overflow. [bsc#1060360]
  • CVE-2017-14494: DHCP - info leak. [bsc#1060361]
  • CVE-2017-14495: DNS - OOM DoS. [bsc#1060362]
  • CVE-2017-14496: DNS - DoS Integer underflow. [bsc#1060364]
  • Prevent a man-in-the-middle attack (bsc#972164, fate#321175).

Furthermore, the following issues have been fixed:

  • Fix DHCP relaying, broken in 2.76 and 2.77.
  • Update to version 2.78 (fate#321175, fate#322030, bsc#1035227).
  • Fix PXE booting for UEFI architectures (fate#322030).
  • Drop PrivateDevices=yes which breaks logging (bsc#902511, bsc#904537)
  • Build with support for DNSSEC (fate#318323, bsc#908137).

Please note that this update brings a (small) potential incompatibility in the handling of 'basename' in --pxe-service. Please read the CHANGELOG and the documentation if you are using this option.

References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS / dnsmasq

Package

Name
dnsmasq
Purl
purl:rpm/suse/dnsmasq&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSS

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.78-6.6.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "dnsmasq": "2.78-6.6.1"
        }
    ]
}