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HistoryAug 06, 2019 - 12:00 a.m.

Dnsmasq < 2.76 DoS Vulnerability

2019-08-0600:00:00
Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CVSS2

5

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

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

43.3%

Dnsmasq is prone to an improper bounds checking
vulnerability which may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.

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CPE = "cpe:/a:thekelleys:dnsmasq";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.142699");
  script_version("2023-03-06T10:19:58+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-03-06 10:19:58 +0000 (Mon, 06 Mar 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-08-06 06:07:51 +0000 (Tue, 06 Aug 2019)");
  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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-03-03 14:24:00 +0000 (Fri, 03 Mar 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14513");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Dnsmasq < 2.76 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 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 an improper bounds checking
  vulnerability which may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An attacker controlled DNS server may send large DNS
  packets that result in a read operation beyond the buffer allocated for the packet.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the
  target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dnsmasq prior to 2.76.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.76 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/Slovejoy/dnsmasq-pre2.76");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://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: "2.76")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.76", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

CVSS2

5

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

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

43.3%