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Fedora 44 : dnsmasq (2026-ac5cceec13)

high Nessus Plugin ID 314983

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13 advisory.

 # Update to 2.92rel2

 ## 2.92 point release incorporating fixes for:

 - CVE-2026-2291
 - CVE-2026-4890
 - CVE-2026-4891
 - CVE-2026-4892
 - CVE-2026-4893
 - CVE-2026-5172

 https://lists.thekelleys.org.uk/pipermail/dnsmasq-discuss/2026q2/018471.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-ac5cceec13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 314983

File Name: fedora_2026-ac5cceec13.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2026

Updated: 5/15/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6507

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4892

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:44, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dnsmasq

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2291, CVE-2026-4890, CVE-2026-4891, CVE-2026-4892, CVE-2026-4893, CVE-2026-5172, CVE-2026-6507

FEDORA: 2026-ac5cceec13

IAVA: 2026-A-0450