USN-4976-2: Dnsmasq vulnerability
USN-4976-1 fixed a vulnerability in Dnsmasq. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Dnsmasq has been updated to 2.79-1 for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM in order to fix
some security issues.
Original advisory details:
Petr Mensik discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly randomized source ports in
certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks.
Source: USN-4976-2: Dnsmasq vulnerability
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