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Ubuntu: USN-5408-1 (CVE-2022-0934): Dnsmasq vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-5408-1 (CVE-2022-0934): Dnsmasq vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/21/2022
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/11/2022
Modified
05/11/2022

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From USN-5408-1:

Petr Menšík and Richard Johnson discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or expose sensitive information.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • USN-5408-1
  • CVE-2022-0934
  • SUSE-SU-2022:1288-1
  • SUSE-SU-2022:1289-1
  • SUSE-SU-2022:14940-1
  • SUSE-SU-2022:14941-1

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