Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-449

Component : dnsmasq

Revision : 2.0: Final

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.

Affected Products

No Brocade Fibre Channel technology products from Broadcom are currently known to be affected by this vulnerability.

Workaround

There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

Note

Brocade Manageability products are not vulnerable. However, since the environement that runs the products is not under Brocade's control, Brocade recommends Customers to apply recommendation from the vendors.

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