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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201512-01

🗓️ 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Eero VolotinenType 
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An out-of-bounds read vulnerability found in the tcp_request function in Dnsmasq

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121423");
  script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-18 08:24:32 +0200 (Fri, 18 Dec 2015)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201512-01");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An out-of-bounds read vulnerability has been found in the tcp_request function in Dnsmasq.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-01");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3294");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201512-01");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");

res = "";
report = "";

if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-dns/dnsmasq", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.72-r2"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.72-r2"))) != NULL) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
}

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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 26.4
EPSS0.04425
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