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CVE-2006-2017

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-04-25 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Dnsmasq 2.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a DHCP client broadcast reply request.

Affected products

• dnsmasq: 2.29

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19760
• http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
• http://www.osvdb.org/24884
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17662
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1494
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26005
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19760
• http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
• http://www.osvdb.org/24884
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17662
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1494
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26005

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