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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
My R7000 AC1900 still has DNSmasq vs 2.15. Hoping that they get this updated soon. Really bad for business to no perform updates to customer systems for a vulnerability that is over a year and a half old.
Hoping isn't going to make it happen. We need to be on them about this nonsense. I was checking over the source for my R6400 which indicates a team "kathy", so I don't know if a "kathy" is responsible here or if it is indeed a team with kathy as leader. Whatever the case, as manufacturers of this hardware they are beholden to provide fixes to security issues. Compiling firmware from source that is 14 years old is negligent.