CVE-2017-13704 (GCVE-0-2017-13704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-02 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:05
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Summary
In dnsmasq before 2.78, if the DNS packet size does not match the expected size, the size parameter in a memset call gets a negative value. As it is an unsigned value, memset ends up writing up to 0xffffffff zero's (0xffffffffffffffff in 64 bit platforms), making dnsmasq crash.
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CWE
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2017-09-06 00:00
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