CVE-2015-8899 — Improper Input Validation in Dnsmasq

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference9 documents8 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Thekelleys DnsmasqCanonical Ubuntu Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 30
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianthekelleys/dnsmasq< 2.76-1+3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 15.10, 16.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-f299-rcx3-c9vw: Dnsmasq before 2↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-8899: Dnsmasq before 2↗2016-06-30
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8899: Dnsmasq before 2↗2016-06-30
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Dnsmasq vulnerability↗2016-06-20
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Red Hat
dnsmasq: Denial-of-service when empty address from DNS overlays A record from hosts↗2015-11-14
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Debian
CVE-2015-8899: dnsmasq - Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) v...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8899 dnsmasq: Denial-of-service when empty address from DNS overlays A record from hosts [fedora-all]↗2016-06-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8899 dnsmasq: Denial-of-service when empty address from DNS overlays A record from hosts↗2016-06-06
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