UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8899

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8899

Related

Published

2015-12-31T00:00:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:11Z

Severity

7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / dnsmasq

Package

Name: dnsmasq
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dnsmasq@2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.75-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq-base"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq-utils"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}