CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
89.3%
Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP server.
When used with certain libvirt configurations Dnsmasq replies to queries from prohibited interfaces.
A remote attackers can cause a Denial of Service via spoofed TCP based DNS queries.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.66"
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gentoo | any | all | net-dns/dnsmasq | < 2.66 | UNKNOWN |