RedHat: RHSA-2020-1715:01 Low: dnsmasq security, bug fix,
Summary
The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name
Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
Security Fix(es):
* dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c
(CVE-2019-14834)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14834 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.2_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
dnsmasq-2.79-11.el8.src.rpm
aarch64:
dnsmasq-2.79-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
dnsmasq-debugsource-2.79-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
dnsmasq-2.79-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
dnsmasq-debugsource-2.79-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
dnsmasq-2.79-11.el8.s390x.rpm
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.s390x.rpm
dnsmasq-debugsource-2.79-11.el8.s390x.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-11.el8.s390x.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
dnsmasq-2.79-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-debugsource-2.79-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-2.79-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo-2.79-11.el8.x86_64.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for dnsmasq is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1700916 - dnsmasq does not reply to non-recursive queries with local data
1746411 - dhcp_lease_time doesn´t return time
1749092 - [RHEL-8] Change dhcp_release to use default address when no IP subnet matches
1764425 - CVE-2019-14834 dnsmasq: memory leak in the create_helper() function in /src/helper.c
1779187 - Can't PXE/iPXE boot with dnsmasq and DHCPv6