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Dnsmasq < 2.81 DoS Vulnerability

🗓️ 08 Jan 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Dnsmasq < 2.81 DoS Vulnerability. Memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a DoS via DHCP response creation

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# Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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CPE = "cpe:/a:thekelleys:dnsmasq";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112682");
  script_version("2021-08-17T06:00:55+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-08-17 06:00:55 +0000 (Tue, 17 Aug 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-01-08 08:53:00 +0000 (Wed, 08 Jan 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-12-04 18:15:00 +0000 (Fri, 04 Dec 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-14834");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Dnsmasq < 2.81 DoS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_dnsmasq_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("thekelleys/dnsmasq/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Dnsmasq is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS)
  vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"The memory leak allows remote attackers to cause a
  DoS (memory consumption) via vectors involving DHCP response creation.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the
  target host.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Dnsmasq prior to 2.81.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.81 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-14834");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_full(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.81")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.81", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, proto: proto, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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17 Aug 2021 00:00Current
4.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score4.4
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