USN-2593-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2593-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2593-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2593-1

Related

Published

2015-05-04T16:46:59.047768Z

Modified

2015-05-04T16:46:59.047768Z

Summary

dnsmasq vulnerability

Details

Nick Sampanis discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain malformed DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / dnsmasq

Package

Name: dnsmasq
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/dnsmasq@2.68-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.68-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.66-4ubuntu1

2.67-1

2.68-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq",
            "binary_version": "2.68-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq-base",
            "binary_version": "2.68-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dnsmasq-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.68-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}