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CVE-2019-14834

Publication date 7 January 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.7 · Low

Score breakdown

A 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dnsmasq 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2.80-1.1ubuntu1.2
19.10 eoan Ignored
19.04 disco Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2.79-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.7
14.04 LTS trusty
Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package Patch details
dnsmasq

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.7 · Low
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4698-1
    • Dnsmasq vulnerabilities
    • 19 January 2021

Other references