PT-2008-4631 · Dnsmasq · Dnsmasq

Thierry Carrez + 1 · Published 2008-07-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3214

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: dnsmasq version 2.25

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in the daemon crashing. This can be achieved by either renewing a nonexistent lease or sending a DHCPREQUEST for an IP address that is not in the same network. The problem is related to the DHCP NAK response from the daemon.

Recommendations: For dnsmasq version 2.25, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3214

Affected Products

Dnsmasq

References · 14

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/12/3 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dnsmasq/+bug/47438 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3214 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/8 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/02/4 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/8 · Note
• http://freshmeat.net/projects/dnsmasq/?branch_id=1991&release_id=217681 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/30/7 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/4 · Note
• http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43929 · Note