dnsmasq 2.25 DHCP Request Denial of Service (CVE-2008-3214)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 106137

Synopsis

The remote DNS / DHCP service is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of dnsmasq installed on the remote host is 2.25, and thus, is affected by a denial of service vulnerability when handling DHCP requests.

Solution

Upgrade to dnsmasq 2.26 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?54ae9522

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b18e6e8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106137

File Name: dnsmasq_2_26.nasl

Version: Revision: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: DNS

Published: 2018/01/18

Modified: 2018/01/19

Dependencies: 72779

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

CVSSv2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSSv3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:thekelleys:dnsmasq

Required KB Items: dns_server/version, Settings/ParanoidReport

Patch Publication Date: 2006/01/22

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2006/01/22

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3214

CWE: 20