QID 690218

Date Published: 2021-11-18

QID 690218: Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for dnsmasq (5b72b1ff-877c-11eb-bd4f-2f1d57dafe46)

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms.

FreeBSD has released a security update.
Affected versions:

Version range 0.0.0 to 2.85.r1,1 for package dnsmasq
Version range 0.0.0 to 2.85.r1,3 for package dnsmasq-devel

QID Detection Logic: (Authenticated)
It checks package versions to check for the vulnerable packages.

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 4 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
    • Solution
    Please refer to FreeBSD security advisory 5b72b1ff-877c-11eb-bd4f-2f1d57dafe46 for updates and patch information
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 690218

    CVE-2021-3448 |
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