Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Dnsmasq vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2593-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-05-04 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-05-04 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | 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:P/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 6.4 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 4.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.10 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Dnsmasq could be made to crash or expose sensitive information if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software Description: - dnsmasq: Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server Details: Nick Sampanis discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled certain malformed DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: Ubuntu 14.10: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2593-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-19 | Data Handling |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29242 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29242 | ||
| Title: | SUSE-SU-2015:0979-1 -- Security update for dnsmasq (moderate) | ||
| Description: | The DNS server dnsmasq was updated to fix one security issue and one non-security bug. The following vulnerability was fixed: * CVE-2015-3294: A remote unauthenticated attacker could have caused a denial of service (DoS) or read heap memory, potentially disclosing information such as performed DNS queries or encryption keys. (bsc#928867) | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2015:0979-1 CVE-2015-3294 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 | Product(s): | dnsmasq |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2017-10-03 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-2616-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-10-03 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-2617-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-10-03 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2017-2619-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2017-05-01 | Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates. File : EulerOS_SA-2016-1044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-22 | Name : The remote DNS / DHCP service is affected by an information disclosure vulner... File : dnsmasq_dos-CVE-2015-3294.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-12-18 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201512-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-06-10 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-1015-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-06-02 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2015-0979-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-26 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_37569eb7012511e59d98080027ef73ec.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-21 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2015-359.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-06 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3251.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-05-05 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2593-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2015-05-11 21:29:12 |
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| 2015-05-08 21:29:27 |
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| 2015-05-06 13:27:46 |
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| 2015-05-04 21:25:50 |
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