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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
89.3%
Dnsmasq is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS)
vulnerability.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:thekelleys:dnsmasq";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118155");
script_version("2021-08-17T10:31:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-17 10:31:38 +0000 (Tue, 17 Aug 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-08-17 12:11:04 +0200 (Tue, 17 Aug 2021)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0198");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Dnsmasq < 2.66test2 DoS Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_dnsmasq_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("thekelleys/dnsmasq/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dnsmasq is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS)
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dnsmasq, when used with certain libvirt configurations, replies
to queries from prohibited interfaces, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(traffic amplification) via spoofed TCP based DNS queries.
NOTE: This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3411.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the
target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dnsmasq prior to 2.66test2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.66test2 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=commitdiff;h=22ce550e5346947a12a781ed0959a7b1165d0dc6");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_full(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.66test2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.66test2", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);