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A dnsmasq security update has been released for Debian GNU/Linux 8 and 9 Extended LTS to address multiple security vulnerabilities.



ELA-828-1 dnsmasq security update

Package : dnsmasq
Version : 2.72-3+deb8u7 (jessie), 2.76-5+deb9u4 (stretch)

Related CVEs :
CVE-2017-15107
CVE-2019-14834
CVE-2022-0934
CVE-2023-28450

Multiple security vulnerabilities were found on dnsmasq, a lightweight, easy to configure
DNS forwarder, designed to provide DNS (and optionally DHCP and TFTP)
services to a small-scale network.

CVE-2017-15107
A vulnerability was found in the implementation of
DNSSEC in Dnsmasq. Wildcard synthesized NSEC records could be
improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that
actually exist.
This particular CVE was only fixed for 2.76-5+deb9u4. DNSSEC validation
for jessie (until 2.73) does a bottom/top validation instead of a top/bottom
validation.

CVE-2019-14834
A vulnerability was found in dnsmasq before version
2.81, where the memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving DHCP response
creation

CVE-2022-0934
A single-byte, non-arbitrary write/use-after-free flaw
was found in dnsmasq. This flaw allows an attacker who sends a crafted
packet processed by dnsmasq, potentially causing a denial of
service.

CVE-2023-28450
The default maximum EDNS.0 UDP packet size was set
to 4096 but should be 1232 because of DNS Flag Day 2020.

  ELA-828-1 dnsmasq security update