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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3989-1 (dnsmasq - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana, Kevin Hamacher, Ron Bowes and Gynvael Coldwind of the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilities in dnsmasq, a small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server, which may result in denial of service, information leak or the execution of arbitrary code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
dnsmasq on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.72-3+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.76-5+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your dnsmasq packages.