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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-0198: Dnsmasq: Denial of Service

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2013-0198: Dnsmasq: Denial of Service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/05/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

Dnsmasq before 2.66test2, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to queries from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via spoofed TCP based DNS queries. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3411.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-dnsmasq

References

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