USN-3009-1

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    USN-3009-1

    Published: 20 Jun 2016Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: dnsmasq vulnerability

    Details: Edwin Török discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain CNAME responses. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3009-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8899

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dnsmasq

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.75-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

    Affected versions

    2.75-1

    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
    USN-3009-1 | CVE-DB