Summary

Security Advisory ID : BSA-2017-451

Component : dhcp6

Revision : 2.0: Final

A stack buffer overflow was found in dnsmasq in the DHCPv6 code. An attacker on the local network could send a crafted DHCPv6 request to dnsmasq which would cause it to a 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.

Revision History

Version	Change	Date
1.0	Initial Publication	November 17, 2017
2.0	update with Fibre Channel Only	December 24, 2018