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Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / current : dnsmasq (SSA:2005-201-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19850

Synopsis

The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.

Description

New dnsmasq packages are available for Slackware 10.0, 10.1, and
-current to fix security issues. An off-by-one overflow vulnerability may allow a DHCP client to create a denial of service condition.
Additional code was also added to detect and defeat attempts to poison the DNS cache.

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?155556d9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19850

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2005-201-01.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 10/5/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:dnsmasq, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:10.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0876, CVE-2005-0877

SSA: 2005-201-01