CVE-2015-8899

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8899
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-30 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:28:00 UTC
DescriptionDnsmasq 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Thekelleys Dnsmasq All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3009-1: Dnsmasq vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Dnsmasq denial of service MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request: Dnsmasq denial of service MLIST www.openwall.com
thekelleys.org.uk Git - dnsmasq.git/commit CONFIRM thekelleys.org.uk
Dnsmasq Response Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Service to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
thekelleys.org.uk Git - dnsmasq.git/commit thekelleys.org.uk
[Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq 2.75 on Ubuntu 16.04 crashes reproducibly MLIST lists.thekelleys.org.uk
Dnsmasq 'src/cache.c' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[Dnsmasq-discuss] Dnsmasq 2.75 on Ubuntu 16.04 crashes reproducibly MLIST lists.thekelleys.org.uk
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