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Ubuntu: USN-3009-1 (CVE-2015-8899): Dnsmasq vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3009-1 (CVE-2015-8899): Dnsmasq vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/20/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasq
  • ubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasq-base
  • ubuntu-upgrade-dnsmasq-utils

References

  • USN-3009-1
  • 91031
  • 1036045
  • CVE-2015-8899

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