CVE-2019-14834

Summary

CVECVE-2019-14834
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-07 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:34:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-770

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1764425 – (CVE-2019-14834) CVE-2019-14834 dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: dnsmasq-2.80-15.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: dnsmasq-2.80-15.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
thekelleys.org.uk Git - dnsmasq.git/commit CONFIRM thekelleys.org.uk Patch, Vendor Advisory
1764425 – (CVE-2019-14834) CVE-2019-14834 dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
thekelleys.org.uk Git - dnsmasq.git/commit MISC thekelleys.org.uk
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 354841 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for dnsmasq : ALAS-2020-1458
  • 377478 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for dnsmasq (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0162)
  • 500149 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 503799 Alpine Linux Security Update for dnsmasq
  • 900278 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for dnsmasq 2.79
  • 903232 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for dnsmasq (1973)
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