VDB
RHSA-2017%3A2838
RHSA-2017%3A2838
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
Red Hat Security Advisory: dnsmasq security update
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | dnsmasq-utils | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | dnsmasq-utils | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | dnsmasq | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | dnsmasq-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | dnsmasq-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | dnsmasq | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | dnsmasq | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | dnsmasq-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | dnsmasq-utils | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | dnsmasq-utils | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | dnsmasq | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | dnsmasq-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Oct 2, 2017 CVE Published
- Nov 21, 2025 CVE Updated
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2838 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical article
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/3199382 article
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1495409 report
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2017/rhsa-2017_2838.json advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14491 report
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14491 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14491 advisory
- https://security.googleblog.com/2017/10/behind-masq-yet-more-dns-and-dhcp.html article