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FreeBSD : dnsmasq -- denial of service (875e4cf8-3f0e-11e6-b3c8-14dae9d210b8)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91910

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

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Dnsmasq 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1481bb05

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7

http://www.nessus.org/u?9fcfde89

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91910

File Name: freebsd_pkg_875e4cf83f0e11e6b3c814dae9d210b8.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Published: 7/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:dnsmasq-devel, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8899