USN-3430-3: Dnsmasq regression
USN-3430-3: Dnsmasq regression Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3430-3 4th January, 2018 dnsmasq regression A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary USN-3430-2 introduced regression in Dnsmasq. Software description dnsmasq – Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server Details USN-3430-2 fixed several vulnerabilities. The update introduced a newregression that breaks DNS resolution. This update addresses the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. 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 [ more… ]