Description
Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.
Published: 2016-06-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8755 Dnsmasq before 2.76 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a reply with an empty DNS address that has an (1) A or (2) AAAA record defined locally.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3009-1 Dnsmasq vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Thekelleys Dnsmasq
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.024Z

Reserved: 2016-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8899

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-30T17:59:00.157

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8899

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-11-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8899 - Bugzilla

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