Security Advisory

CVE-2020-37127

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-02-05 16:13:33
Last updated 2026-02-05 21:18:03
Assigner VulnCheck
State PUBLISHED

Description

Dnsmasq-utils 2.79-1 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp_release utility that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying excessive input. Attackers can trigger a core dump and terminate the dhcp_release process by sending a crafted input string longer than 16 characters.