SB2020042878 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for dnsmasq
Published: April 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020042878
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14834)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
A vulnerability was found in dnsmasq before version 2.81, where the memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DHCP response creation.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.