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HistoryAug 11, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

(RHSA-2008:0789) Moderate: dnsmasq security update

2008-08-1100:00:00
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Dnsmasq is lightweight DNS forwarder and DHCP server. It is designed to
provide DNS and, optionally, DHCP, to a small network.

The dnsmasq DNS resolver used a fixed source UDP port. This could have made
DNS spoofing attacks easier. dnsmasq has been updated to use random UDP
source ports, helping to make DNS spoofing attacks harder. (CVE-2008-1447)

All dnsmasq users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, that
upgrades dnsmasq to version 2.45, which resolves this issue.