Name: CVE-2015-8899: Improper Input Validation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8899, CWE-20, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.02415

Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade dnsmasq	Sep 20, 2017	Jun 30, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade dnsmasq	Jul 30, 2024	Jun 30, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade dnsmasq-develUpgrade dnsmasq	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 30, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade dnsmasq	Dec 20, 2016	Jun 30, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade dnsmasq-utilsUpgrade dnsmasq-baseUpgrade dnsmasq	Jun 20, 2016	Jun 20, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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