CVE-2005-0877 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Dnsmasq before 2.21 allows remote attackers to poison the DNS cache via answers to queries that were not made by Dnsmasq.

Published: 2005-03-26

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thekelleys:dnsmasq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00053.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14691
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12897
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19826
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0877
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0877

History

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Subscriptions

Thekelleys Dnsmasq

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-26T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:28:29.032Z

Reserved: 2005-03-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0877

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0877

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0877 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-346

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