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Avast Vulnerability Catalogue ID CVE-2017-14491 for the Nighthawk R7000 ac1900 dualband wifi router
I have got this report from Avast and Bitdefender after scanning my network and i have the latest firmware for my router. Any ideas if Netgear is working on a firmware update f...
For the subject CVE-2017-14491 plus a few more items to address should be 2.78 or higher. Check http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
Squair wrote:
Hi,
Also having the DNS issue - port 53 - CVE-2017-14491 Vulnerablity. I did the nslookup and found my dnsmasq at 2.75. Avast says I'm in danger.
R6900P?
Firmware version?
If there is a 2.75 in place it's not updated, and Avast is right ...
dnsmasq starting from 2.78 is not vulnerable to CVE-2017-14491. Only CVE-2017-15107 (plus some other security enhancements) apply and are fixed in 2.79 FMI: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
ChristineT please - all firmware require an update to dnsmasq 2.79 (or newer) - the current 2.78 is no longer sufficient. And the default config should remove the non-documented and unsupported config option to query all DNS, too. Why does that all take that long?
My FW is v1.3.1.26_10.1.3 (no update available)
App= NIGHTHAWK 2.1.3.325
Why the Avast error? We are hearing the FBI tell us to reset our routers!
Have a good day. Thanks.