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GSD-2015-8899

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases

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