CVE-2008-3214

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    CVE-2008-3214

    Published: 18 Jul 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: dnsmasq 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by (1) renewing a nonexistent lease or (2) sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network, related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438, http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8, http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High