RedHat dnsmasq update fixes denial of service and adds enhancements
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![]() | Code injection | 5 Mar 201321:38 | – | prion |
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![]() | Fedora 17 : dnsmasq-2.63-1.fc17 (2012-12598) | 12 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 6 : libvirt (CESA-2013:0276) | 10 Mar 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : libvirt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221) | 1 Mar 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Amazon Linux AMI : dnsmasq (ALAS-2013-161) | 4 Sep 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : dnsmasq (ELSA-2013-0277) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 6 : dnsmasq (CESA-2013:0277) | 10 Mar 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : libvirt (ELSA-2013-0276) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
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# RedHat Update for dnsmasq RHSA-2013:0277-02
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "The dnsmasq packages contain Dnsmasq, a lightweight DNS (Domain Name
Server) forwarder and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server.
It was discovered that dnsmasq, when used in combination with certain
libvirtd configurations, could incorrectly process network packets from
network interfaces that were intended to be prohibited. A remote,
unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of
service via DNS amplification attacks. (CVE-2012-3411)
In order to fully address this issue, libvirt package users are advised to
install updated libvirt packages. Refer to RHSA-2013:0276 for additional
information.
This update also fixes the following bug:
* Due to a regression, the lease change script was disabled. Consequently,
the dhcp-script option in the /etc/dnsmasq.conf configuration file did
not work. This update corrects the problem and the dhcp-script option now
works as expected. (BZ#815819)
This update also adds the following enhancements:
* Prior to this update, dnsmasq did not validate that the tftp directory
given actually existed and was a directory. Consequently, configuration
errors were not immediately reported on startup. This update improves the
code to validate the tftp root directory option. As a result, fault finding
is simplified especially when dnsmasq is called by external processes such
as libvirt. (BZ#824214)
* The dnsmasq init script used an incorrect Process Identifier (PID) in the
stop, restart, and condrestart commands. Consequently, if there were
some dnsmasq instances running besides the system one started by the init
script, then repeated calling of service dnsmasq with stop or restart
would kill all running dnsmasq instances, including ones not started with
the init script. The dnsmasq init script code has been corrected to obtain
the correct PID when calling the stop, restart, and condrestart
commands. As a result, if there are dnsmasq instances running in addition
to the system one started by the init script, then by calling service
dnsmasq with stop or restart only the system one is stopped or
restarted. (BZ#850944)
* When two or more dnsmasq processes were running with DHCP enabled on one
interface, DHCP RELEASE packets were sometimes lost. Consequently, when two
or ...
Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL";
tag_affected = "dnsmasq on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6),
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2013-February/msg00041.html");
script_id(870909);
script_version("$Revision: 8526 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-01-25 07:57:37 +0100 (Thu, 25 Jan 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-02-22 10:00:39 +0530 (Fri, 22 Feb 2013)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3411");
script_bugtraq_id(54353);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_xref(name: "RHSA", value: "2013:0277-02");
script_name("RedHat Update for dnsmasq RHSA-2013:0277-02");
script_tag(name: "summary" , value: "Check for the Version of dnsmasq");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "RHENT_6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq", rpm:"dnsmasq~2.48~13.el6", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dnsmasq-debuginfo", rpm:"dnsmasq-debuginfo~2.48~13.el6", rls:"RHENT_6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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