Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Dnsmasq vulnerabilities (USN-8542-1)

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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8542-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(327063);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-12725", "CVE-2026-12969");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2026-A-0668");
  script_xref(name:"USN", value:"8542-1");

  script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Dnsmasq vulnerabilities (USN-8542-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that
are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8542-1 advisory.

    Yiwei Hou discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly handled logging of DS or DNSKEY. A remote attacker could
    possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-12725)

    It was discovered that Dnsmasq incorrectly validated the length of fixed-length DNS record fields when
    parsing NS section records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Dnsmasq to read out
    of bounds, possibly exposing sensitive information. (CVE-2026-12969)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8542-1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-12969");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/06/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/07/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/07/15");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:26.04:-:lts");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dnsmasq-base-lua");
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  script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2026 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release || '18.04' >< os_release || '20.04' >< os_release || '22.04' >< os_release || '24.04' >< os_release || '26.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 20.04 / 22.04 / 24.04 / 26.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);

var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;

var pkgs = [
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '18.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm4', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm3', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm3', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm3', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '20.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm3', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.22.04.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.22.04.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.22.04.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '22.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.90-0ubuntu0.22.04.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.90-2ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.90-2ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.90-2ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '24.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.90-2ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq', 'pkgver': '2.92-1ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base', 'pkgver': '2.92-1ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-base-lua', 'pkgver': '2.92-1ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE},
    {'osver': '26.04', 'pkgname': 'dnsmasq-utils', 'pkgver': '2.92-1ubuntu0.4', 'ubuntu_pro': FALSE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var osver = NULL;
  var pkgname = NULL;
  var pkgver = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  var pro_required = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
  if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
    if (deb_check(release:osver, prefix:pkgname, reference:pkgver, cves:cves)) {
        flag++;
        if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
    }
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var extra = '';
  if (pro_caveat_needed) {
    extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
    extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
    extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
  }
  extra += ubuntu_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'dnsmasq / dnsmasq-base / dnsmasq-base-lua / dnsmasq-utils');
}