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CVE-2015-8899 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html CVE
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010505.html CVE
http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7 CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/2 CVE

see all 16 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
canonical ubuntu linux
15.10
16.04

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
thekelleys dnsmasq
<= 2.75

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-8899
NVD Published Date:
Jun 30, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]