CVE-2015-3294
EPSS 0.18%dnsmasq - security update
Published: 5/8/2015Modified: 3/9/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3294DLA-225-1
Description
The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setup_reply function, which allows remote attackers to read process memory and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a malformed DNS request.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/dnsmasqfrom 0, < 2.72-3.1
- Debian/dnsmasqfrom 0, < 2.55-2+deb6u1
- Debian/dnsmasqfrom 0, < 2.62-3+deb7u2