SB2023062978 - Anolis OS update for dnsmasq



SB2023062978 - Anolis OS update for dnsmasq

Published: June 29, 2023 Updated: March 28, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2023062978
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0934)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when handling DHCPv6 requests. A remote attacker can send specially crafted DHCPv6 packets to the affected application, trigger a use-after-free error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-28450)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly perform fragmentation of UDP packets. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by sending overly large DNS UDP packets.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.