RedHat Update for dnsmasq RHSA-2017:2838-01
🗓️ 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812007");
script_version("2024-03-21T05:06:54+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-21 05:06:54 +0000 (Thu, 21 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-10-05 11:55:09 +0530 (Thu, 05 Oct 2017)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-14491");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-04-22 20:39:00 +0000 (Fri, 22 Apr 2022)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("RedHat Update for dnsmasq RHSA-2017:2838-01");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dnsmasq'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a
lightweight DNS (Domain Name Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) server.
Security Fix(es):
* A heap buffer overflow was found in dnsmasq in the code responsible for
building DNS replies. An attacker could send crafted DNS packets to dnsmasq
which would cause it to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2017-14491)
Red Hat would like to thank Felix Wilhelm (Google Security Team), Fermin J.
Serna (Google Security Team), Gabriel Campana (Google Security Team), Kevin
Hamacher (Google Security Team), and Ron Bowes (Google Security Team) for
reporting this issue.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"dnsmasq on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2017:2838-01");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2017-October/msg00003.html");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=RHENT_6");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release) exit(0);
res = "";
if(release == "RHENT_6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq", rpm:"dnsmasq~2.48~18.el6_9", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq-debuginfo", rpm:"dnsmasq-debuginfo~2.48~18.el6_9", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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