Security update for dnsmasq

SUSE Security Update: Security update for dnsmasq
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2619-1
Rating: important
References: #1060354 #1060355 #1060360 #1060361 #1060362 #1060364
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

  • An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:

    This update for dnsmasq fixes the following security issues:

    - CVE-2017-14491: 2 byte heap based overflow. [bsc#1060354]
    - CVE-2017-14492: heap based overflow. [bsc#1060355]
    - CVE-2017-14493: stack based overflow. [bsc#1060360]
    - CVE-2017-14494: DHCP - info leak. [bsc#1060361]
    - CVE-2017-14495: DNS - OOM DoS. [bsc#1060362]
    - CVE-2017-14496: DNS - DoS Integer underflow. [bsc#1060364]

    This update brings a (small) potential incompatibility in the handling of
    "basename" in --pxe-service. Please read the CHANGELOG and the
    documentation if you are using this option.

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch slessp4-dnsmasq-13294=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-dnsmasq-13294=1

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • dnsmasq-2.78-0.17.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • dnsmasq-debuginfo-2.78-0.17.5.1
      • dnsmasq-debugsource-2.78-0.17.5.1

    References: