CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-3294
6.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-05-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-19
Description
The tcp_request function in Dnsmasq before 2.73rc4 does not properly handle the return value of the setup_reply function, which allows remote attackers to read process memory and cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via a malformed DNS request.
Affected configurations
• thekelleys dnsmasq (<= 2.73)
• oracle solaris 11.2
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00013.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2015q2/009382.html Exploit
- http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2015q2/009387.html Third Party Advisory
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ad4a8ff7d9097008d7623df8543df435bfddeac8 thekelleys.org.uk
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3251 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535354/100/1100/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74452 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032195 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2593-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-01 security.gentoo.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00013.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2015q2/009382.html Exploit
- http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2015q2/009387.html Third Party Advisory
- http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ad4a8ff7d9097008d7623df8543df435bfddeac8 thekelleys.org.uk
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3251 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535354/100/1100/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74452 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032195 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2593-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-01 security.gentoo.org