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GLSA-202608-04 : Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 335264
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202608-04 (Dnsmasq: Multiple Vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Dnsmasq. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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
All Dnsmasq users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-dns/dnsmasq-2.92_p2
See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 335264
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202608-04.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 8/13/2026
Updated: 8/13/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.5
Percentile: 96.27
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2291
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-4892
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:dnsmasq
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-2291, CVE-2026-4890, CVE-2026-4891, CVE-2026-4892, CVE-2026-4893, CVE-2026-5172