CVE-2015-3294 (GCVE-0-2015-3294)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-08 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git%3B… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2593-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032195 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74452 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535354/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2015-04-07 00:00
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