SB2016071506 - Fedora 24 update for dnsmasq
Published: July 15, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016071506
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8899)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.