#VU32274 Input validation error in Dnsmasq - CVE-2015-8899 

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#VU32274 Input validation error in Dnsmasq - CVE-2015-8899

Published: June 30, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32274
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8899
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Dnsmasq
Software vendor:
GNU

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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