CVE-2008-3214

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3214
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-18 16:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptiondnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq 2.25 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Dnsmasq – Freecode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freshmeat.net
oss-security - Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.thekelleys.org.uk
Bug #47438 “Dnsmasq crashes when renewing non-existent lease” : Bugs : “dnsmasq” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request for dnsmasq DoS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-25Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the version of dnsmasq as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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