AZL-8960

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    AZL-8960

    Published: 1 Jan 2022Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2021-45953 affecting package dnsmasq for versions less than 2.89-1

    Details: Dnsmasq 2.86 has a heap-based buffer overflow in extract_name (called from hash_questions and fuzz_util.c). NOTE: the vendor's position is that CVE-2021-45951 through CVE-2021-45957 "do not represent real vulnerabilities, to the best of our knowledge.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dnsmasq

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/dnsmasq

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.89-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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    AZL-8960 | CVE-DB