USN-3430-2: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities
USN-3430-2: Dnsmasq vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3430-2 3rd October, 2017 dnsmasq vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in Dnsmasq. Software description dnsmasq – Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server Details USN-3430-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq. This update providesthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled DNS requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-14491) Felix Wilhelm, Fermin J. Serna, Gabriel Campana and Kevin Hamacher discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled IPv6 router advertisements. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to crash, resulting in a denial of [ more… ]