CVE-2015-8899 Information

Description

Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010479.html http://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2016q2/010505.html http://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commit;h=41a8d9e99be9f2cc8b02051dd322cb45e0faac87 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/03/7 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91031 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036045 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3009-1

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5