CVE-2015-3294 — Unchecked Return Value in Dnsmasq

CWE-19CWE-252 — Unchecked Return Value8 documents8 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 59.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Thekelleys DnsmasqOracle Solaris
Timeline
PublishedMay 8
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debianthekelleys/dnsmasq< 2.72-3.1+3
▶NVDoracle/solaris11.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-68qg-cgxp-wxcf: The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-3294: The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2↗2015-05-08
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OSV
CVE-2015-3294: The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2↗2015-05-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Dnsmasq vulnerability↗2015-05-04
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Red Hat
dnsmasq: unchecked return value of the setup_reply() function↗2015-04-23
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Debian
CVE-2015-3294: dnsmasq - The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the ...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-3294 dnsmasq: unchecked return value of the setup_reply() function↗2015-04-27
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