CVE-2017-14494 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-14494?

CVE-2017-14494 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

dnsmasq before 2.78, when configured as a relay, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive memory information via vectors involving handling DHCPv6 forwarded requests.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-14494?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Novell Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-14494?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-14494 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2017-14494 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2017-14494, CLEANSTART-2026-SO35222, DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14494, GHSA-p5vm-j7g2-h6cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14494.