Executive Summary

Summary
Title Dnsmasq: Denial of Service
Informations
Name GLSA-201406-24 First vendor Publication 2014-06-25
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-06-25
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Dnsmasq can lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.

Description

When used with certain libvirt configurations Dnsmasq replies to queries from prohibited interfaces.

Impact

A remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service via spoofed TCP based DNS queries.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.66"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-3411 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-3411
[ 2 ] CVE-2013-0198 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0198

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-24.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-24.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20912
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20912
Title: RHSA-2013:0277: dnsmasq security, bug fix and enhancement update (Moderate)
Description: Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2013:0277-02
CESA-2013:0277
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): dnsmasq
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21113
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21113
Title: RHSA-2013:0276: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
Description: Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2013:0276-02
CESA-2013:0276
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CentOS Linux 6
Product(s): libvirt
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23819
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:23819
Title: ELSA-2013:0276: libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Moderate)
Description: Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013:0276-02
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): libvirt
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24085
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24085
Title: ELSA-2013:0277: dnsmasq security, bug fix and enhancement update (Moderate)
Description: Dnsmasq before 2.63test1, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies to requests from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (traffic amplification) via a spoofed DNS query.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013:0277-02
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): dnsmasq
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27544
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27544
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0277 -- dnsmasq security, bug fix and enhancement update (moderate)
Description: [2.48-13] - Fix the DHCP RELEASE problem when two or more dnsmasq instances are running (rhbz#887156) [2.48-12] - Fixing initscript restart stop functions (rhbz#850944) [2.48-11] - Revert previous changes because of many problems with --bind-dynamic option backport. - Dropping dnsmasq-2.48-add-bind-dynamic-option.patch - Set SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option when using --bind-interfaces (rhbz#884957) [2.48-10] - Fixed dnsmasq-2.48-add-bind-dynamic-option.patch - the option --bind-dynamic was not set correctly when used [2.48-9] - Added cc flag -fno-strict-aliasing to solve Testsuite regressions [2.48-8] - Fix CVE-2012-3411 (rhbz#882251) [2.48-7] - Fix lease-change script (rhbz#815819) - Check tftp-root exists and is accessible at startup (rhbz#824214)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013-0277
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): dnsmasq
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27553
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27553
Title: DEPRECATED: ELSA-2013-0276 -- libvirt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (moderate)
Description: [libvirt-0.10.2-18.0.1.el6] - Replace docs/et.png in tarball with blank image [0.10.2-18] - rpc: Fix crash on error paths of message dispatching (CVE-2013-0170) - spec: Disable libssh2 support (rhbz#513363)
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2013-0276
CVE-2012-3411
Version: 4
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 6
Product(s): libvirt
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 77
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-09-17 Name : Fedora Update for dnsmasq FEDORA-2012-12598
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_12598_dnsmasq_fc17.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-12-22 Name : The remote DNS / DHCP service is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
File : dnsmasq_dos-CVE-2013-0198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-22 Name : The remote DNS / DHCP service is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
File : dnsmasq_dos-CVE-2012-3411.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-11-08 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0579.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201406-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2013-161.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0276.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-0277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-072.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2013-0277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2013-0276.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20130221_dnsmasq_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20130221_libvirt_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0276.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2013-0277.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-19 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-1320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-02-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-1357.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-20531.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-12-20 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-20577.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-12 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-12598.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-06-27 13:26:20
  • Multiple Updates
2014-06-26 00:24:08
  • First insertion