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openSUSE Security Update : dnsmasq (openSUSE-2017-10)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96277

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for dnsmasq fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2015-8899: Denial of service between local and remote dns entries (bsc#983273)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=983273

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96277

File Name: openSUSE-2017-10.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dnsmasq-utils-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8899